# Fractures at UGI Utilities Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20191213164` · 12/24/2019 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UGI Utilities Incorporated
- **Location:** 33 S. 11th Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19602
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a second employee carry a gas meter down the exterior stairs at a customer's premises. The employee was walking backward in the lead, while the second employee walked forward in the rear. The gas meter weighed approximately 70 pounds. About halfway down the stairs, the employee walking backward lost his footing and fell down the stairs, breaking his left leg. 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*