# Fractures at Metheny Concrete Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043413` · 4/18/2024 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Chutes
- **Secondary source:** Cement and concrete mixer trucks
## Employer
- **Name:** Metheny Concrete Products, Inc.
- **Location:** NW 70th Street, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73116
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging the chutes back on the truck after a concrete pour. Once he got to the last chute he took a step backward, tripped, and the chute fell on his shin causing a fracture.

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