# Fractures at H. Richardson & Sons
> OSHA SIR `2020087970` · 8/22/2020 · PARIS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** H. Richardson & Sons
- **Location:** Corner Stone Road/Kehoe Road, PARIS, NEW YORK, 13456
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a vinyl/canvas cover over the bucket of a bucket truck. The employee slipped on the non-skid surface of the platform beneath the boom cradle and fell to the ground, suffering a broken left tibia and fibula.

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