# Fractures at Pritchett Trucking, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021584` · 2/15/2018 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Pritchett Trucking, Inc.
- **Location:** Evergreen Landfill A Division of Advanced Disposal, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sweeping out the back of a 53-foot semi-trailer when his foot slipped on the edge of the trailer and he fell approximately 4 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

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