# Fractures at Wieser Concrete Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043154` · 4/10/2024 · PORTAGE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object tipping over
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
- **Secondary source:** Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Wieser Concrete Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2815 Riley Road, PORTAGE, WISCONSIN, 53901
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to stand up adjacent to a rack of rebar and pulled a portable rack of rebar weighing approximately 500 lbs. onto his leg, resulting in a broken femur that required hospitalization.

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