# Fractures at Valley Proteins, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110800` · 11/17/2016 · SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Proteins, Inc.
- **Location:** 1604 Duckworth Road, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, 76903
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on top of a rail car loading meat bone meal. When he tried to move the auger chute, he lost his footing and fell to the ground fracturing the right leg.

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