# Fractures at YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A.
> OSHA SIR `20221110168` · 11/18/2022 · NEWNAN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A.
- **Location:** 1000 Highway 34, NEWNAN, GEORGIA, 30265
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an assembly line. The employee stepped backward, missing the platform, and fell down the stairs, breaking their tibia in two places. The employee was hospitalized.

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