# Fractures at SME STEEL
> OSHA SIR `2015085362` · 8/3/2015 · SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** SME STEEL
- **Location:** 3400 Highway 246, SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA, 93460
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking on a steel beam when his personal fall protection got hung up on a wire rope clip while anchored to a horizontal life line. He fell approximately 10 feet to the steel deck below and broke his leg.

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