# Fractures at Baystate Contracting Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054531` · 5/9/2018 · HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Construction debris
## Employer
- **Name:** Baystate Contracting Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 393 Homestead Avenue, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06112
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee was removing transite panels on a construction site when he lost his balance and fell 4.5 feet to the ground. His left ankle struck a small pile of brick rubble. He was hospitalized with a possible broken ankle and abrasions to the left forearm. A lanyard was not connected at the time of the incident.

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