# Fractures at AMERICAN ORDNANCE LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110914` · 11/17/2020 · MIDDLETOWN, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN ORDNANCE LLC
- **Location:** IOWA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, MIDDLETOWN, IOWA, 52638
- **NAICS:** 332993
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working from a set of portable metal stairs, cleaning ammunition rounds with a drill brush. The wheel from a cart struck the stairs as the cart was pulled forward, causing the employee's leg to slip off the stairs and be caught between the stairs and a bollard. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula and was hospitalized.

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