# Fractures at Reading Alloys, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010699` · 1/25/2016 · ROBESONIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Reading Alloys, Inc.
- **Location:** 220 Old West Penn Avenue, ROBESONIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19551
- **NAICS:** 331112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling snow on the loading dock when he slipped and fell on slippery concrete. He fractured his right femur in three places.

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