# Fractures at Weitz Tecnico, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076143` · 7/9/2024 · PLATTEVILLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
## Employer
- **Name:** Weitz Tecnico, LLC
- **Location:** 450 N Front St., PLATTEVILLE, COLORADO, 80651
- **NAICS:** 541611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were demolishing a corkscrew conveyor in a grain silo. The chain fall one of them was holding fell and struck the side of the silo. This startled the other employee, who stepped off their step ladder, landed awkwardly on the ground, and broke their femur.

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