# Fractures at Abbott-Action, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211701` · 12/28/2023 · ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbott-Action, Inc.
- **Location:** 3 Venus Way, ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, 02703
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.

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