# Fractures at Producers Cooperavtive Marketing Association
> OSHA SIR `2017065955` · 6/29/2017 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Producers Cooperavtive Marketing Association
- **Location:** 210 South Castell Ave, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a staircase after dislodging feed bags that were stuck on a conveyor when he fell approximately 6 feet and his right leg struck a cattle scale, breaking it above the ankle and requiring surgery/hospitalization.

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