# Fractures at DS Smith
> OSHA SIR `20171110658` · 11/5/2017 · RICEBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** DS Smith
- **Location:** 2366 Interstate Paper Road, RICEBORO, GEORGIA, 31323
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending an exterior stairway when he lost his balance and fell to the concrete flooring (landing) below. He fractured his right tibia and fibula.

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