# Fractures at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
> OSHA SIR `2023032132` · 3/7/2023 · CANAL POINT, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- **Location:** 18100 SW Conners Hwy, CANAL POINT, FLORIDA, 33438
- **NAICS:** 924110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking pictures of algae and went to use the ladder when they fell 10 feet onto the cement. The employee sustained a broken leg that required hospitalization.

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