# Fractures at Dakota Cold Storage
> OSHA SIR `2016065603` · 6/23/2016 · SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dakota Cold Storage
- **Location:** 370 164th Street, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, 68776
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking into the dock leveler pit when his foot became tangled in the chain used to raise and lower the dock overhead door. He tripped, falling to the ground and fracturing his right ankle.

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