# Fractures at Meade Electric Company, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020010289` · 1/10/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** Meade Electric Company, Inc
- **Location:** 24th and Wentworth, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60616
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped on a 2-by-4 on a lowboy trailer and fell about 2 feet to the ground, suffering a broken femur.

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