# Fractures at Allegheny Ludlum LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010065` · 1/3/2018 · LOUISVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Ludlum LLC
- **Location:** 1500 W Main Street, LOUISVILLE, OHIO, 44641
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 3, 2018, an employee was feeding/aligning a steel strip on an automatic welder. The employee was inside the welder attempting to remove a label from a steel strip when the welder operator activated the welder, which closed on and fractured the employee's right femur.

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