# Fractures at MERRILL STEEL
> OSHA SIR `20171211935` · 12/15/2017 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** MERRILL STEEL
- **Location:** 2101 N. Packer Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering an object from an overhead crane when the chain slipped, allowing the object to fall on the employee's lower left leg. The employee suffered a calf laceration and broken ankle.

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