# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at AFCO Steel
> OSHA SIR `2015041815` · 4/7/2015 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** AFCO Steel
- **Location:** 31455 Co Rd 39 1/2, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 7, 2015, an employee sustained a leg injury that required surgery after being struck by a wheelabrator rack while moving the equipment with an overhead crane.  The load shifted during movement, causing the rack to fall over and crush the employee's leg.

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