# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Nucor Steel Decatur, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065730` · 6/22/2017 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Embankments
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Decatur, LLC
- **Location:** 3401 Process Drive, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down an embankment to move a railcar when his foot slipped on wet grass and he fell on his knee, fracturing it and tearing ligaments.

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