# Fractures at Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3)
> OSHA SIR `2016109524` · 10/9/2016 · WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3)
- **Location:** 1955 Brunner Drive, WAUPACA, WISCONSIN, 54981
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on top of a tumble blast machine. As he was either climbing or descending a fixed ladder on the machine, he fell backward and landed on the floor below. He hit his head on steel framing on his way down. He suffered a head laceration, a fractured jaw, abrasions, and a contusion.

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