# Fractures at Muddy River Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098546` · 9/9/2016 · EDMOND, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Muddy River Construction LLC
- **Location:** On-Cue at I-35 and Waterloo Road, EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, 73003
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were uprighting a steel beam while constructing a gas station frame. A beam was being hoisted when one edge became stuck on the dunnage. When the beam swung loose, it struck an employee, causing the employee to be caught between the hoisted beam and a beam on the ground. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the left leg.

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