# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043554` · 4/16/2025 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vital Steel Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2202 East Navigation, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78402
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was helping another employee put a clamp on an I-beam that was attached to a crane. When the crane began to lift the load, the I-beam tipped to the left and caught the injured employee's left leg against another I-beam. The employee was hospitalized with crush injuries to his left tibia and fibula and required surgery.

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