# Fractures at Sioux City Foundry Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023076793` · 7/27/2023 · SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sioux City Foundry Co.
- **Location:** 2400 G Street, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, 68776
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was working on a machine when live equipment caused a tool to hit him in the head. He then fell 6 feet. He sustained a fractured skull due to either the impact of the tool or the fall.

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