# Fractures at WVA Manufacturing Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110408` · 11/3/2020 · ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** WVA Manufacturing Company, LLC
- **Location:** US Route 60 East, ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25002
- **NAICS:** 331419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping unload a skid steer off a truck skip. While positioned with his left foot on the  skid steer's step and his right foot on the tire, he was helping unhook the chains from the truck skip and slipped and fell backward, landing on the rear rail of the truck skip. He suffered six broken ribs and a flail chest injury.

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