# Fractures at Richardson Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2023031980` · 3/3/2023 · SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Richardson Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 2209 Old Jacksonville Rd., SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62704
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 3, 2023, an employee went into a machine to check a part when the machine activated, causing the employee to stumble and fall. The employee then sustained a fracture and lacerations to the left leg that required hospitalization.

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