# Fractures at FreightCar America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043142` · 4/2/2018 · CHEROKEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FreightCar America, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 Haley Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA, 35616
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was walking down the metal steps of a horizontal side sheet when he slipped and struck his face and abdomen on a roller. He suffered a chin laceration, fractured nose, and bruised abdomen on the right side.

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