# Fractures at Alan Wire Company
> OSHA SIR `2017021208` · 2/7/2017 · SIKESTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Alan Wire Company
- **Location:** 1500 W. Malone Street, SIKESTON, MISSOURI, 63801
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were standing on a shelving unit when the support beam was knocked out beneath them. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below, breaking his left wrist and requiring hospitalization.

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