# Fractures at Latex Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `20171110644` · 11/4/2017 · BENTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Bulldozers
## Employer
- **Name:** Latex Construction Company
- **Location:** Along Right of Way, BENTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17814
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11/4/2017, an employee was dismounting a bulldozer when the employee's right foot slipped. The employee then made hard contact with the ground, breaking the tibia and fibula above the right ankle.

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