# Fractures at Target Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2024109976` · 10/27/2024 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Target Distribution Center
- **Location:** 5400 Southwest Wenger Street, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66609
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the cab of a yard truck. They stepped on the catwalk to release the air lines but then missed the first step from the catwalk to the catwalk extension and fell approximately 41 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia and fibula.

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