# Fractures at Land O'Lakes
> OSHA SIR `2021098159` · 9/22/2021 · LAKE CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Land O'Lakes
- **Location:** 637 NW Lake Jeffery Rd., LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, 32055
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 22, 2021, the injured employee was guiding a trainee at the bin house to make sure there was no feed in the bin.  They both walked on a catwalk towards a fixed ladder to access the head house. While transitioning onto the ladder, the injured employee lost balance and fell about 7 feet to the floor with his left leg landing on a bin cap. He was hospitalized with a compound fracture to the lower left leg.

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