# Fractures at Magic Valley Electric Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2024076784` · 7/26/2024 · MERCEDES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Magic Valley Electric Cooperative
- **Location:** 2200 W. 2nd Street, MERCEDES, TEXAS, 78570
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was helping another warehouse employee move some items with a pallet jack. When the injured employee took a step back, he tripped and fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured ankle.

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