# Fractures at National Specialty Aggregates, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20160911133` · 9/3/2016 · SLIDELL, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** National Specialty Aggregates, LLC
- **Location:** 37210 Ben Thomas Rd., SLIDELL, LOUISIANA, 70460
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring beads from a larger hopper that was being held in place by a forklift to a smaller one. The employee fell off the hopper and fractured his leg in multiple places resulting in hospitalization.

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