# Fractures at Rausch Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213085` · 12/21/2018 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stone, marble, granite slabs
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rausch Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 1507 East 69th Street, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57108
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were unloading a slab of granite weighing about 1,000 pounds from a fifth-wheel trailer to an A-frame on the ground, using a clamp attached to a rented forklift. The A-frame shifted and the slab tipped over. One of the employees suffered a broken tibia and fibula, requiring surgical repair and pins; the other suffered several broken bones in the leg, as well as a possible broken hip and shoulder.

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