# Fractures at SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098648` · 9/13/2016 · OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC
- **Location:** 2148 N 2753rd Rd, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, 61350
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a stairway while carrying two cardboard boxes in her left hand. She missed the last step above a middle landing and fell onto the landing. Both of her feet were bent backwards, fracturing both ankles and requiring surgery.

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