# Fractures at EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
> OSHA SIR `2015074462` · 7/9/2015 · FOREST CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
- **Location:** 25102 Exide Drive, FOREST CITY, MISSOURI, 64451
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to inventory drums that were behind some lead blocks. He climbed over the plastic-covered lead blocks to get closer to the drums for counting. He fell, hitting and breaking two ribs on the blocks. He was eventually hospitalized.

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