# Fractures at The International Metals Reclamation Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054966` · 5/21/2018 · ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** The International Metals Reclamation Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Inmetco Drive, ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16117
- **NAICS:** 331419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a sweeping machine with water using a hose.  The employee pulled on the hose, got tripped up, and fell backwards, breaking the right leg and requiring surgery.

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