# Fractures at Materion Brush, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064615` · 6/7/2021 · SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Materion Brush, Inc.
- **Location:** 230 Shoemakersville Road, SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19555
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell after stepping onto a pallet. The employee's foot went between two of its boards during the fall, and the employee's ankle was broken.

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