# Fractures at Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065570` · 6/22/2023 · PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1701 N. Waverly Street, PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 74601
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been working in a hot environment near a burn table. After walking down some steps and heading to the area where she kept her personal items, she fell backward and hit her head on the floor, suffering a skull fracture.

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