# Fractures at Shawnlee Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221210625` · 12/6/2022 · NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Shawnlee Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 2 Los Angles Street, NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02458
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step ladder installing window flashing on the first floor. He slipped and fell off the ladder about two feet and twisted his knee/lower leg upon landing on the muddy and uneven ground below. The employee sustained a broken tibia and was hospitalized.

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