# Fractures at Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021720` · 2/23/2022 · BIGLERVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 53 E. Hanover, BIGLERVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17307
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee jumped off a loading dock while trying to push on a self-dumping hopper that had come off its track. The employee landed on the pavement 3 feet 10 inches below and suffered a broken right leg.

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