# Fractures at German Pellets Texas LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016076901` · 7/28/2016 · WOODVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Silo exterior
## Employer
- **Name:** German Pellets Texas LLC
- **Location:** 164 County Road 1040, WOODVILLE, TEXAS, 75979
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on top of a conveyor cover, 3 feet above the ground, when his right foot was caught in a gap between a piece of fire suppression pipe and the conveyor top. He lost his balance and fell while his right foot was still hung in the gap. He suffered a compound fracture of the right lower leg and was hospitalized.

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