# Fractures at Lehigh Specialty Melting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077830` · 7/31/2019 · LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Lehigh Specialty Melting, Inc.
- **Location:** 107 Gertrude Street, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging up a mold to an overhead crane. He fell into the mold storage pit, landing 7 feet below, losing consciousness, and suffering a broken rib. He was hospitalized.

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