# Fractures at Great Southern Wood Preserving, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016098865` · 9/19/2016 · ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Southern Wood Preserving, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1100 Hwy 431 North, ABBEVILLE, ALABAMA, 36310
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading wood onto a stack when lumber fell off the stack and struck his right leg, fracturing his femur.

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