# Fractures at BURNS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020010977` · 1/29/2020 · STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Walls
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BURNS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
- **Location:** 511 Access Road, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06615
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walked to the edge of a retaining wall to throw a chain rigging onto a flatbed truck. He stepped on the edge of the concrete block retaining wall, slipped, and lost his balance, falling approximately 5 feet and landing between the flatbed truck and the retaining wall. He fractured his right tibia.

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