# Fractures and dislocations at LEED FABRICATION
> OSHA SIR `2017032767` · 3/27/2017 · FORT LUPTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** LEED FABRICATION
- **Location:** 3988 Weld County Rd 19, FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, 80621
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading equipment from the bed of a truck when his fall protection lanyard became tangled around his leg, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He broke his leg and dislocated his right ankle while trying to remove his boot, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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