# Fractures at Sierra Pacific Industries
> OSHA SIR `2025010949` · 1/29/2025 · MERRILL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  unspecified
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sierra Pacific Industries
- **Location:** 605 N Ohio Street, MERRILL, WISCONSIN, 54452
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a staircase when she fell on the ground at the same level, landing on her kneecap. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured kneecap and required surgery.

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