# Fractures at AMERICAN RAIL CAR INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `2016032255` · 3/14/2016 · KENNETT, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
- **Source:** Machine platforms
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN RAIL CAR INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 1904 Industrial Drive, KENNETT, MISSOURI, 63857
- **NAICS:** 333512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was up on the deck of the plasma cutter to operate the panel control box when he tripped falling forward onto the surface of the plasma table. He tried to break his fall with his right hand and broke his right wrist.

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