# Fractures at NORFOLK IRON & METAL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088288` · 8/29/2017 · NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** NORFOLK IRON & METAL, LLC
- **Location:** 3001 N. VICTORY RD, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, 68701
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the steel coil stock inventory received via railcar. The employee's left foot slipped off the railcar platform located 47 inches above the paved concrete yard. The employee landed on their left leg, fracturing the femur.

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