# Fractures at Ingalls Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2022043233` · 4/13/2022 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St. Pe'Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39567
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an amphibious assault ship. While exiting the work area, she was climbing over a chill water pump when her leg/foot got caught on the pump. She stumbled and struck her right lower leg/ankle against a steel cutout. The tibia and fibula were fractured where they connect to the right ankle.

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