# Fractures at Naval Station Newport
> OSHA SIR `2021065280` · 6/29/2021 · MARION, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Naval Station Newport
- **Location:** 7 Barnabas Rd., MARION, MASSACHUSETTS, 02738
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was strapping down equipment to a flatbed truck when he was knocked off the back of the truck, landing on the ground and fracturing their tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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