# Fractures at Airgas
> OSHA SIR `2023087429` · 8/15/2023 · NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Airgas
- **Location:** 160 Peters Road, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17557
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a liquid cylinder off the back of a delivery truck. As he moved forward off the liftgate, both the employee and the liquid cylinder fell to the ground. The fall resulted in a fracture to the employee's left fibula and tibia.

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