# Fractures at Airlite Plastics Company
> OSHA SIR `2021064457` · 6/1/2021 · NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Airlite Plastics Company
- **Location:** 2860 Bath Pike, NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA, 18064
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing mold plates from a pallet when the bottom plate fell forward off the pallet and struck her lower left leg, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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