# Fractures at Smokin J Oilfield Services
> OSHA SIR `2016010311` · 1/13/2016 · RITTMAN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smokin J Oilfield Services
- **Location:** 9797 Benner Rd, RITTMAN, OHIO, 44270
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were lifting an I-beam (approximately 1800 pounds) with a material handler to place it on a tractor trailer. The strap used in the lift broke, and the I-beam struck an employee, breaking two legs.

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