# Fractures at Austal USA
> OSHA SIR `2017087392` · 8/3/2017 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Austal USA
- **Location:** 100 Dunlap Drive, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the bottom support rail of a cart about 6 inches off the ground. As she stepped off, she rolled and fractured her left ankle.

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