# Fractures at Rex Lumber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015085730` · 8/15/2015 · GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Saw blades-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Rex Lumber, LLC
- **Location:** 5299 Alabama Street, GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA, 32440
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the teeth on a saw when the chain used in the lockout/tagout procedure broke, allowing the saw blade to fall and strike the employee's head and knocking him out.  He fell about 2 feet and broke his right leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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