# Fractures at East Penn Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2024021244` · 2/9/2024 · LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 102 Deka Road, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting a truck when their foot slipped and struck the ground, resulting in compound fractures of their right tibia and fibula.

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