# Fractures at TRIUMPH FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2016099022` · 9/23/2016 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** TRIUMPH FOODS
- **Location:** 5302 STOCKYARDS EXPRESSWAY, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64504
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was exiting a trailer, the dock plate unexpectedly dropped, hitting and breaking the employee's right leg.

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