# Fractures at Harsco Metals & Minerals
> OSHA SIR `2016098839` · 9/19/2016 · GOSNELL, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Harsco Metals & Minerals
- **Location:** 5929 AR-18, GOSNELL, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had a small grease fire on his equipment. As he grabbed the fire extinguisher and handed it down to a coworker, he lost his footing and fell down, fracturing his right leg beneath the knee.

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