# Fractures at AML Environmental, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018099885` · 9/24/2018 · DYESS AFB, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AML Environmental, LP
- **Location:** Dyess AFB Hospital, DYESS AFB, TEXAS, 79607
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 6- to 8-foot A-frame ladder, sawing an overhead pipe. The side of the pipe gave way and hit the ladder, knocking the employee to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken tibia and was hospitalized.

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