# Fractures at People Ready
> OSHA SIR `2023043081` · 4/7/2023 · MERIDIAN, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** People Ready
- **Location:** 10 W Franklin Road, MERIDIAN, IDAHO, 83642
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was using a push broom to push recycling waste onto a conveyor belt that makes bales of recycling material. The employee was cleaning between two bales of recycling material when one of the bale wires snapped. The employee's legs became tangled in the wire, causing them to trip and fall. The employee suffered a fractured right leg.

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