# Fractures at Worldwide Steel Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098522` · 9/9/2016 · PRYOR, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Worldwide Steel Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 650 Highway 69A, PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, 74361
- **NAICS:** 333994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a double spreader chain with hooks to hoist a steel plate weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. The hook came loose from the plate and struck the employee's right leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.

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