# Fractures at Wabtec US Rail, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021557` · 2/19/2024 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Wabtec US Rail, Inc.
- **Location:** 2901 East Lake Road, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16531
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping backward off a paint skid to the floor 9 inches below. His left leg gave out and he fell to the floor coming down on his left knee. He suffered a broken left femur.

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