# Fractures at Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054477` · 5/19/2023 · SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 900 Alderson St., SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54476
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the CNC machine table cutting an object when they tripped over the torch hose and fell off the table to the ground. The employee sustained a left femur fracture.

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