# Fractures at Merck Sharp & Dohme
> OSHA SIR `20161110793` · 11/17/2016 · WEST POINT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Merck Sharp & Dohme
- **Location:** 770 SUMNEYTOWN PIKE, WEST POINT, PENNSYLVANIA, 19486
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to his vehicle in the parking lot to retrieve some items. While walking back to the building, he rolled his right ankle and then stepped forward with his left foot to catch himself. He felt a pop in his ankle and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized for a fractured fibula.

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