# Fractures at SM Fencing & Energy Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110662` · 11/6/2017 · TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** SM Fencing & Energy Services, Inc.
- **Location:** XTO Energy - Ames Federal 31X-13, TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA, 58852
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down into an excavation when he fractured his tibia.

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