# Fractures at Ameren of Illinois
> OSHA SIR `2015075100` · 7/27/2015 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameren of Illinois
- **Location:** 176 W. Mark Avenue, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a phase line for an electric customer when the resident's dog chased him. He tried to climb over a 4-foot fence to escape and his left pant leg and foot got caught on a post. He fell over the fence, breaking the tibia and fibula in his left leg.

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