# Fractures at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088625` · 8/21/2018 · WEST POINT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
- **Location:** 7777 Kia Parkway, WEST POINT, GEORGIA, 31833
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing an ergonomic push/pull meter evaluation while pulling a cart with meter straps when the straps broke away and he fell backwards, hitting the towing hitch of a tow-tugger. He suffered a fractured left leg and broken ribs.

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