# Fractures at New South Express
> OSHA SIR `20171110626` · 11/4/2017 · LINCOLN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** New South Express
- **Location:** 249B Clover Rd, LINCOLN, ALABAMA, 35096
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were rolling tape onto a concrete floor to divide locations. The injured employee was stretching tape while another employee secured the tape in place. The tape ran out and the injured employee lost her balance falling to the concrete floor and breaking the right forearm and wrist.

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