# Fractures at Doak Construction Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024065135` · 6/11/2024 · INDIANOLA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Doak Construction Inc
- **Location:** 71870 Dr 392, INDIANOLA, NEBRASKA, 69034
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 5-foot ladder trying to remove a motor weighing about 200 lbs. from an auger. They had loosened it and were trying to manipulate it to set it up to be lifted. The motor wasn't giving and they lost their balance and fell 4-5 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a broken tibia and fibula.

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