# Fractures at O'Rourke Wrecking Company
> OSHA SIR `2016064931` · 6/4/2016 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Rourke Wrecking Company
- **Location:** 3347 Madison Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45209
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting steel with a cutting torch while in a scissor lift. The steel beam twisted and turned the scissor lift over with the employee inside. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

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