# Fractures at U.S. Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2021097793` · 9/10/2021 · MONTE VISTA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Jacks
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Forest Service
- **Location:** Rio Grande National Forest, MONTE VISTA, COLORADO, 81144
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a dump truck with a floor jack when the jack handle was hit causing the jack to drop and pin his foot against a wall. The employee's right tibia, fibula, and ankle were fractured.

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