# Fractures at NORANDA ALUMINUM INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015107590` · 10/12/2015 · NEW MADRID, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Coccygeal region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** NORANDA ALUMINUM INC.
- **Location:** 391 St. Jude Industrial Park, NEW MADRID, MISSOURI, 63869
- **NAICS:** 331313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized for a fractured C2 vertebrae when he fell from the bottom step of a front-end loader.

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