# Fractures at Korens USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111278` · 11/27/2017 · ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Korens USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Joseph Street, ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA, 35010
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking on other employees' work progress on a production line and stepped up onto a metal conveyor. It tipped forward and then back onto his lower left leg/ankle, causing abrasions, lacerations, and a chipped bone to his left tibia.

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