# Fractures at J & E Supply and Fastener Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052615` · 5/5/2015 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** J & E Supply and Fastener Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1903 SE 59th Street, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73129
- **NAICS:** 423710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While using a material handling device, an employee did not realize that the lifting platform had not fully returned to the warehouse floor. The employee stepped off of the platform and fell approximately 30 inches, fracturing her right leg below the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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