# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at National Shoring LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025088641` · 8/29/2025 · NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** National Shoring LLC
- **Location:** 85 McKinley Drive, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, 06050
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Pile-driving operations were being conducted when a steel I-beam broke loose and fell horizontally. The beam hit an excavator and rolled into an employee who was standing nearby, signaling commands to the excavator operator. The employee's leg was fractured and nearly severed.

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