# Fractures at Harbor Freight Tools
> OSHA SIR `2016098384` · 9/6/2016 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Harbor Freight Tools
- **Location:** 4955 Ayers Street, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78415
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a box that was on a shelf when he tripped on a plastic strap from a box on the bottom shelf and he fell, breaking his left ankle.

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