# Fractures at Hercules Painting Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015053772` · 5/12/2015 · SIMMESPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hercules Painting Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Atchafalaya River Bridge, SIMMESPORT, LOUISIANA, 71369
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee standing on top of a box beam slipped and fell onto a platform approximately 5 feet below him, breaking his leg.

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