# Fractures at JMC Steel Group
> OSHA SIR `2015086081` · 8/24/2015 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## 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:** JMC Steel Group
- **Location:** 5039 N County Rd 1015, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a short step ladder removing a synthetic strap used in binding steel tubing/pipes when he fell off the step ladder fracturing the top left tibia plateau, close to the knee.

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