# Fractures at Walsh Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087223` · 8/4/2016 · EVANSTON, 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:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Walsh Construction Company
- **Location:** 2233 Tech Drive, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, 60208
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking from one location to another and needed to step over a small foundation wall. His foot became caught on a wire and he tripped and fell 1.5 feet, fracturing his tibia.

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