# Fractures at Aviagen Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076283` · 7/6/2020 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Aviagen Inc.
- **Location:** 920 Explorer Blvd., HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35806
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped on a bale of wood shavings in a chicken house, suffering a broken femur.

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