# Fractures at Artcobell Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20201010220` · 10/27/2020 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Artcobell Corporation
- **Location:** 1302 INDUSTRIAL BLVD., TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76504
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking between machines when he tripped on a bolt that was protruding up from the base of a piece of equipment and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained a compound fracture to his right femur that required surgery and a laceration to the upper lip area.

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