# Fractures at West Marine
> OSHA SIR `2017021640` · 2/20/2017 · PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** West Marine
- **Location:** 775 Lafayette Road #2, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03801
- **NAICS:** 423910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving an order from the stock room when he tripped over some boxes and fell, breaking his lower left leg and requiring hospitalization.

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