# Fractures at Northeast Structural Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099653` · 9/16/2019 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Northeast Structural Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** Henry Hudson Bridge, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10034
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling a temporary tower when a swivel hook appeared to shear, dropping a section of the steel tower 10 feet. The section hit the employee, who sustained a fractured sternum.

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