# Fractures at Virginia International Terminal
> OSHA SIR `2017076782` · 7/20/2017 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Virginia International Terminal
- **Location:** 7737 Hampton Blvd, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23505
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On July 20, 2017, at 11:15 p.m., an employee was trying to turn a railcar flipper. He had placed one foot on the top of a jersey wall and one foot on the railcar to position himself to move a metal bar that would move the flipper when he slipped and broke his right ankle, requiring hospitalization.

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