# Fractures at Mylan Pharmaceutical
> OSHA SIR `2017043556` · 4/20/2017 · MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mylan Pharmaceutical
- **Location:** 781 Chestnut Ridge Road, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 26505
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 20, 2017, at approximately 4:30 a.m., an employee was checking the inside of a solution tank. As he turned to walk away, his foot was caught by a hose on the floor, causing him to fall onto his right knee. He was hospitalized for a fractured right femur.

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