# Fractures at TenCate Geosynthetics Americas
> OSHA SIR `2021075468` · 7/4/2021 · PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TenCate Geosynthetics Americas
- **Location:** 365 South Holland Drive, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA, 30567
- **NAICS:** 313210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting outside a building from an articulating boom lift about 25 feet off the ground. The lift ran out of gas and stopped working. While trying to reach the ground, the employee fell about 9 feet onto gravel and suffered a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula.

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