# Fractures at Benedum and Sons Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2018055006` · 5/22/2018 · BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Benedum and Sons Incorporated
- **Location:** KLX Warehouse / Yard, BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA, 26330
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 24, 2018, at approximately 10:20 p.m., an employee drove to a local site to pick up a drilling jar/tool. While the employee was waiting for the trailer to be loaded, the drilling jar (which was over 20 feet long, 6 inches wide, and weighed approximately 2,000 lbs.) rolled out of the trailer and struck the employee's right foot. The employee's right foot broke, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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