# Fractures at Owens Corning Fiberglass, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032182` · 3/12/2021 · NEWARK, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Owens Corning Fiberglass, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Case Avenue, NEWARK, OHIO, 43055
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee hooked up a high vac to perform routine housekeeping tasks. The employee was walking to turn the high vac on when they fell to the ground and contacted the furnace deck, resulting in a fractured left femur that required hospitalization.

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