# Fractures at Corteva AgriScience LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021420` · 2/16/2021 · EL PASO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Corteva AgriScience LLC
- **Location:** 2830 US Hwy 24, EL PASO, ILLINOIS, 61738
- **NAICS:** 325320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking towards the receiving area entrance from the parking lot when they slipped on black ice. The employee grabbed onto an orange barrel to stop from falling and twisted their leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.

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