# Fractures at Thornton Steel Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018032797` · 3/22/2018 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## 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:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Thornton Steel Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2700 West Pafford St., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76110
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a load with an overhead crane. The load was not centered and struck a frame supporting it. The load then fell and struck the employee, who suffered a fractured left leg and laceration.

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