# Fractures at Republic National Distributing Company
> OSHA SIR `2019088887` · 8/27/2019 · LITTLETON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic National Distributing Company
- **Location:** 8000 South Park Terrace, LITTLETON, COLORADO, 80120
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to free a pallet stuck on its roller system. The pallet would not move so the employee braced himself against the mezzanine guardrail system and pushed.  The weld on the steel upright broke and the employee fell to the floor, breaking both legs and suffering one compound fracture. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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