# Fractures at National Grid
> OSHA SIR `2019010866` · 1/24/2019 · GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** National Grid
- **Location:** 636 Quaker Rd., GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK, 12804
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to his work truck when he slipped on black ice in the parking lot, falling to the asphalt pavement and breaking his left tibia and fibula.

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