# Fractures at PRETECH, Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20231211084` · 12/4/2023 · TONGANOXIE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Loaders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PRETECH, Corporation
- **Location:** 1015 East 1st Street, TONGANOXIE, KANSAS, 66086
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping with stripping a precast concrete form. A spreader bar (lifting device) slid off the forks of a loader and struck the employee's right leg causing a broken femur.

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