# Fractures at County Materials Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015085803` · 8/14/2015 · SALEM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** County Materials Corporation
- **Location:** 749 Commercial Ave., SALEM, ILLINOIS, 62881
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a concrete form that was 29 inches high x 30 feet long. The form was being stored on the ground horizontally. Before the employee could get the form connected to the overhead gantry crane, the form fell 
over and injured the employee's right leg, causing a distal fracture to the right femur.

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