# Fractures at Hocking Athens Perry Community Action
> OSHA SIR `2024065781` · 6/27/2024 · GLOUSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hocking Athens Perry Community Action
- **Location:** 3 Cardaras Drive, GLOUSTER, OHIO, 45732
- **NAICS:** 925120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping off the back of his truck onto a step stool when the stool kicked out from under him and he fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left leg/ankle.

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