# Fractures at Advanced Laser Machining, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075968` · 7/20/2021 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Laser Machining, Inc.
- **Location:** 625 Cashman Drive, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 20, 2021, during a scheduled break time, a technical assembly employee went to kneel on the bench of an outside picnic table, missed the bench, and struck her knee against the concrete ground surface, resulting in a broken left hip. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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