# Fractures at O'Brien Steel Service Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018066176` · 6/22/2018 · LACON, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Brien Steel Service Co.
- **Location:** 125 Commercial Street, LACON, ILLINOIS, 61540
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 3,500-pound bundle of parts with a jib crane and a sling. The sling broke and the bundle fell on the employee, breaking his leg.

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