# Fractures at ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076492` · 7/13/2017 · WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON INC.
- **Location:** 100 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26062
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/13/17, an employee changed out the back-up rolls at a tandem when he noticed a leak in a pipe and stepped inside the pit. His foot slipped and he fell, striking his head against the track rail that is used to move the back-up rolls. He suffered fractured ribs, fractured vertebrae, and head lacerations.

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