# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at The GEO Group Alexandria Staging Facility
> OSHA SIR `2024010431` · 1/16/2024 · ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** The GEO Group Alexandria Staging Facility
- **Location:** 96 George Thompson road, ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, 71303
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step ladder measuring approximately 4-6 feet in order to reach an item on a shelf. On the highest step of the ladder, the employee lost his balance and fell, resulting in a pilon fracture of the tibia, a fractured and dislocated ankle, and a heel fracture, all in his right leg.

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