# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Beacon Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2024087601` · 8/19/2024 · TYLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Beacon Building Products
- **Location:** 5624 American Legion Road, TYLER, TEXAS, 75708
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the yard and stepped onto bundles of shingles on a pallet to count inventory. The employee then stepped down from the bundles to the pallet approximately 16 inches. The employee's ankle/foot rolled, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula as well as a torn ligament.

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