# Fractures at Gulf Interstate Field Services
> OSHA SIR `2015050191` · 5/22/2015 · NORWICH, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Building, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Interstate Field Services
- **Location:** Spectra Energy, NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, 06360
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 22, 2015, a contractor had removed the stairs from a job trailer in order to install skirting around the trailer.  An employee, who had not heard the warning of the contractor, exited the trailer and fell 40 inches to the gravel below.  The employee fractured his right leg and was transported to a local hospital.

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