# Fractures at Elite Trailer Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098754` · 9/15/2016 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
## Employer
- **Name:** Elite Trailer Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 7700 SW 29TH Street, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73179
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting rivets on the nose of a trailer while working from a platform. The work platform is approximately 36 inches wide, 6 feet long, 36 inches off the ground, with two steps to access. He was stepping down from the platform when he lost his balance and fell backwards, breaking his legs between the ankle and knee.

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