# Fractures at Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
> OSHA SIR `2016053851` · 5/6/2016 · TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Turning handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
- **Location:** 2048 Highway 20, TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, 35674
- **NAICS:** 447190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/6/2016, an employee broke his left femur while installing a tire on an 18-wheeler. He used a torque wrench to tighten the lug nuts. The torque wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance, fell forward, and broke his left femur. The employee was hospitalized as a result of the injury.

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