# Fractures at NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR OF KENTUCKY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181010223` · 10/3/2018 · PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR OF KENTUCKY, INC.
- **Location:** 4350 CLARKS RIVER ROAD, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, 42002
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was holding an H frame while temporary welds were cut. The frame twisted after a weld was cut, and its edge caught the employee's glove and pulled the employee from the ladder. The employee fell onto a work flat, suffering a broken femur.

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