# Fractures at Mid-State Metals, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025021758` · 2/24/2025 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal building materials  unspecified form
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-State Metals, LLC
- **Location:** 2536 Hansrob Rd., ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32804
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a section of a metal staircase when the clamps securing it became loose, causing the section he was working on to fall out of place. The employee twisted and fractured his ankle while preventing a falling piece of the metal structure from landing on his leg.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*