# Fractures at First Choice
> OSHA SIR `2018054728` · 5/15/2018 · PORTLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(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:** First Choice
- **Location:** 1090 Lang Road, PORTLAND, TEXAS, 78374
- **NAICS:** 531311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping another employee carry an abandoned couch out to the dumpster when he stepped off the curb backwards and broke his ankle, requiring surgery.

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