# Fractures at Komatsu
> OSHA SIR `2021053654` · 5/3/2021 · PINE BUSH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Komatsu
- **Location:** 97 New York 302, PINE BUSH, NEW YORK, 12566
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a trailer when they slipped and fell 17 inches from the trailer to the ground, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula.

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