# Fractures at Austal USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098075` · 9/12/2022 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Austal USA, LLC
- **Location:** Austal USA West Campus, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36603
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell while exiting a scissor lift, landing on a drydock floor about 10 feet below. The employee suffered two broken heelbones and a broken right knee and tibia.

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