# Fractures at Central Steel & Wire Company
> OSHA SIR `2018043807` · 4/20/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Steel & Wire Company
- **Location:** 3000 West 51st Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 20, 2018, at 8:30 PM, an employee was loading a truck and adjusting the load with a crane when the lifting strap came off the end of the load and crushed/fractured the employee's left hand.

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