# Fractures at Millerco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021804` · 2/18/2019 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Telecommunications and cell phone towers
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Millerco, Inc.
- **Location:** 14376 County Farm Rd, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39503
- **NAICS:** 811213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were conducting a training exercise on rescuing employees at a cell tower. One employee, acting as the victim, was being brought down by another. The descending apparatus came down to the ground too fast. In the fall (about 15 feet), the employee acting as the victim broke both ankles and needed to be hospitalized.

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