# Fractures at Felchar Manufacturing Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2015118550` · 11/12/2015 · BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Felchar Manufacturing Corp.
- **Location:** 4751 Pine Camp Drive, BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, 13904
- **NAICS:** 335210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11/12/15, and employee was repairing a mold while working under a suspended load. The employee removed bolts to replace O rings. The runner plate separated from the cavity plate, and the 1500-pound mold fell on the employee's legs. The employee's left leg fractured.

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