# Fractures at Kriger Construction
> OSHA SIR `2018043528` · 4/12/2018 · TUNKHANNOCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Kriger Construction
- **Location:** Off Hwy 6, Historic bridge, TUNKHANNOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 18657
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting straps on steel beams by hand. The smaller beams were being moved by two employees using a long reach arm excavator. A larger steel I-beam flipped and rolled off the block it was on and pinned the employee's ankle to the ground, fracturing it.

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