# Fractures at GATEWAY EXTRUSIONS, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2016010653` · 1/23/2016 · UNION, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GATEWAY EXTRUSIONS, Ltd
- **Location:** 704 W. Park Road, UNION, MISSOURI, 63084
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were installing a steel reinforcement sheet on the top of a paint line washer dry-off oven. One of the employees lost his footing and fell approximately 16 feet backward. 

He sustained multiple facial fractures, a broken arm, and a broken leg.

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