# Fractures at EQT
> OSHA SIR `2015074721` · 7/16/2015 · SMITHFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** EQT
- **Location:** Logansport Compressor Station, SMITHFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26437
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 17, 2015, at approximately 1:45pm, an employee was hospitalized after suffering two broken bones to his lower left leg. Before the incident, the employee was standing on the third rung of a 12-foot stepladder, tightening bolts on a flange with a torque wrench.  While applying pressure to the wrench, a reducer on the wrench broke, causing the employee to lose his balance. As he stepped down 34" to the gravel surface, he landed awkwardly on his left foot, causing fractures.

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