# Fractures at ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC
> OSHA SIR `2021119958` · 11/17/2021 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC
- **Location:** 2106 S RIVERSIDE RD, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were pulling the straps from cylinders prior to putting them in the oven. Employee 1 stepped off a platform and hit a shelf, which dislodged the mold that struck both employees in the feet. One employee sustained a fractured left foot, and the other sustained six fractured toes and a partially amputated right big toe. Both employees were hospitalized.

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