# Fractures at Southcon
> OSHA SIR `20181212441` · 12/4/2018 · BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southcon
- **Location:** Southern Rivers EMC, BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30204
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was demonstrating a single-man rescue kit. It is a product that allows an employee to escape from a bucket truck if the truck becomes inoperable. The kit includes a rope and a descender. The employee was to hook onto the bucket and to his harness. While descending, he fell to the ground and sustained a broken right leg.

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