# Fractures at Boston Energy Wind Power Services
> OSHA SIR `20231211067` · 12/4/2023 · RUSHSYLVANIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Boston Energy Wind Power Services
- **Location:** 20616 SR 68 S, RUSHSYLVANIA, OHIO, 43347
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down exterior metal stairs at the base of a wind turbine tower. The employee slipped on ice/snow/frost, suffered a broken left fibula, and was hospitalized.

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