# Fractures at Kautex Textron
> OSHA SIR `2021021765` · 2/25/2021 · LAVONIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kautex Textron
- **Location:** 11182 Georgia 17, LAVONIA, GEORGIA, 30553
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A team member was pushing an empty pallet by hand, sliding it across the floor in order to stack it at the end of the shelving. The pallet struck a joint in the floor, causing the team member to fall and break their left femur.

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