# Fractures at American Greetings Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024076854` · 7/29/2024 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables nonelectrified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Greetings Corporation
- **Location:** 4000 S. Bolger Road, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64050
- **NAICS:** 511191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving trash to a dumpster staged in the parking lot. The employee's foot got tangled in discarded wire and they tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a broken leg.

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