# Fractures at Propex Operating Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076627` · 7/22/2024 · RINGGOLD, GEORGIA
## 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:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Propex Operating Company LLC
- **Location:** 428 Rollins Industrial Blvd, RINGGOLD, GEORGIA, 30736
- **NAICS:** 313210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder from the top of a machine 8 feet above the ground. He missed the second-to-last rung from the bottom and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right tibia and fibula.

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