# Fractures at Butech, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043426` · 4/19/2024 · SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Metal building materials  unspecified form
## Employer
- **Name:** Butech, Inc.
- **Location:** 550 South Ellsworth Ave., SALEM, OHIO, 44460
- **NAICS:** 333298
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a 2,700-pound piece of metal from a horizontal mill. They were walking away from the machine when they slipped and tried to catch themselves on the metal, causing the large piece of metal to fall down onto their ankle. They sustained a compound fracture to their right leg.

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