# Fractures at The Westervelt Company
> OSHA SIR `20231211686` · 12/27/2023 · WEST BLOCTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** The Westervelt Company
- **Location:** The Westervelt Company -Cahaba Region tract of timberland, WEST BLOCTON, ALABAMA, 35184
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

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