# Fractures at Specialty Welding and Turnarounds
> OSHA SIR `2015107736` · 10/16/2015 · KROTZ SPRINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialty Welding and Turnarounds
- **Location:** 365 S. Levee Rd., KROTZ SPRINGS, LOUISIANA, 70750
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding on a heater. While exiting the heater, he stepped on a beam and his foot got stuck in his safety harness. He fell on his right knee and fractured his tibia.

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