# Fractures at Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America LTD
> OSHA SIR `2015030942` · 3/3/2015 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America LTD
- **Location:** 10 Sheridan Drive, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just retrieved a full 30 lb. propane tank from storage and was walking and carrying the tank to place it on a forklift truck. The employee slipped on ice and fell breaking his fibula and tibia bones.

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