# Fractures at Materion Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2022098208` · 9/16/2022 · ELMORE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Materion Corp.
- **Location:** 14710 West Portage River South Road, ELMORE, OHIO, 43416
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 16, 2022, an employee was walking backward to pull banding wire from a spool when they tripped and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures of two neck vertebrae and a laceration of the elbow requiring stitches.

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