# Fractures at Richards Micro-Tool, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087369` · 8/8/2016 · PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Richards Micro-Tool, LLC
- **Location:** 250 Cherry Street, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, 02360
- **NAICS:** 333515
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee seated at an inspection station attempted to move a power strip with their right foot. As the employee extended the right leg, the chair tipped and ejected the employee to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a broken right ankle and was hospitalized.

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