# Fractures at Vallourec
> OSHA SIR `2019076945` · 7/10/2019 · YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vallourec
- **Location:** 2669 Martin Luther King Blvd., YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44510
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working from a platform lost their footing and fell to the ground 28 inches below. The employee's ankle was fractured.

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