# Fractures at PLASTIPAK PACKAGING INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017010601` · 1/20/2017 · MEDINA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
## Employer
- **Name:** PLASTIPAK PACKAGING INC.
- **Location:** 850 W. SMITH ST., MEDINA, OHIO, 44256
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While standing on a mezzanine platform, an employee opened a gate and was moving pallets for a powered industrial vehicle to retrieve when he fell out of the open gate to the ground, breaking his femur.

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