# Fractures at Ruppert Landscape
> OSHA SIR `20211210971` · 12/21/2021 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** Ruppert Landscape
- **Location:** 1 Coca Cola Plaza, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30313
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a backpack blower to clean an area after a pine straw installation. The employee stepped onto a grated air shaft that gave way and the employee fell approximately 12 feet to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle and a fractured left heel.

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