# Fractures at Western Sugar Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2023010650` · 1/20/2023 · SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Sugar Cooperative
- **Location:** 2100 East Overland, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, 69361
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a sugar sample to the lab. As he was walking down the stairs, he slipped on the second to last stair and fell backward. The employee's ankle was wedged into the stairs, resulting in a fracture of the left distal fibula at the lateral malleolus.

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