# Fractures at Merrill Steel
> OSHA SIR `2023031965` · 3/2/2023 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Merrill Steel
- **Location:** 2101 North Packer Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing filters on the hopper of a wheel blasting machine. He was at the top of the stairs while using a crowbar when he lost his footing and fell to the floor. He sustained a fractured left foot.

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