# Fractures at Octane Environmental, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20241110483` · 11/10/2024 · BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Octane Environmental, LLC.
- **Location:** 2099 Benwood, BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA, 26330
- **NAICS:** 541620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working at ground level was using a 4-foot angled prybar to position the top panel of an aboveground storage tank. The prybar slipped, causing the employee to fall backward to the ground. He was hospitalized with 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*