# Fractures at Global Compression Systems
> OSHA SIR `20211110166` · 11/24/2021 · MOUNT VERNON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Packages, parcels
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Compression Systems
- **Location:** 8043 Columbus Rd, MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, 43050
- **NAICS:** 333912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking in a shipping area. On the floor was a 68-inch piston rod to be boxed and shipped out. One end of the rod was propped up on a 5-inch tall box with a protruding piston nut installed on this raised end. Adjacent to the raised piston end was another box containing a part ready to be shipped. The employee stepped around this boxed part with her right foot and then, while attempting to step over the raised end of the 68-inch piston with her left foot, caught her left boot toe on the protruding nut, causing her to trip and fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left humerus.

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