# Fractures at Naval Base San Diego
> OSHA SIR `2023098560` · 9/16/2023 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Naval Base San Diego
- **Location:** NAVFAC SW/ Metro Production Department, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92136
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On September 16, 2023, a crew was going to perform maintenance on electrical equipment in a manhole located in the parking lot. The manhole cover was stuck due to corrosion. An employee was using a manhole cover removal bar when it broke about 4 inches from the bottom and caused the employee to stumble. He fell backward to the ground and sustained a fractured right tibia that required hospitalization and surgery.

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