# Fractures at TABER EXTRUSIONS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020077010` · 7/25/2020 · RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TABER EXTRUSIONS LLC
- **Location:** 915 SOUTH ELMIRA, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72802
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an 8,600-ton shear press. The employee was standing on a metal plate approximately 3.5 feet long by 1.5 feet wide. The metal plate had a weld fail which caused the plate to break and fall into a pit. The employee fell partially into the pit and sustained a fracture to the right femur.

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