# Fractures at Cando Rail Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010698` · 1/23/2024 · SPIRITWOOD, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** Cando Rail Services Inc.
- **Location:** 3349 94th R Ave SE, SPIRITWOOD, NORTH DAKOTA, 58481
- **NAICS:** 482112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training during a locomotive inspection. As he was observing two other employees, he slipped on ice and uneven ground and fell, resulting in a fracture to the tibia/fibula at the ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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