# Fractures at Kloepfer, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032316` · 3/14/2024 · PAUL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Bumpers
## Employer
- **Name:** Kloepfer, Inc.
- **Location:** 505 E. Ellis St., PAUL, IDAHO, 83347
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fueling an excavator from the fuel tank in the bed of the truck while standing on the bumper of the truck. The plastic on the bumper broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and resulting in a fractured right femur just below the joint.

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