# Fractures at MAHLE Behr Mt Sterling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087417` · 8/21/2022 · MOUNT STERLING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** MAHLE Behr Mt Sterling, Inc.
- **Location:** 10500 O'Day-Harrison Road, MOUNT STERLING, OHIO, 43143
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 21, 2022, an employee parked a powered pallet jack and started walking. The employee tripped over a pallet and fell on the floor, sustaining a broken femur.

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