# Fractures at SCRAP METAL SERVICES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019044243` · 4/26/2019 · BURNHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SCRAP METAL SERVICES, LLC
- **Location:** 13830 Brainard Ave., BURNHAM, ILLINOIS, 60633
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was directing traffic and was struck from behind in the legs by an I-beam that was knocked over by a crane. Both of the employee's legs were fractured.

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