# Fractures at Dakota Plains Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `2023043554` · 4/20/2023 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Dakota Plains Mechanical
- **Location:** 315 27th Circle South, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58103
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a scissor lift performing a pipe extension when an overhead crane that runs north and south in the bay struck the scissor lift and tipped it over. The employee fell out of the lift and landed on the ground, resulting in a left femur fracture.

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