# Fractures at The Fiber Optic Marketplace, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025032528` · 3/17/2025 · QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Fiber Optic Marketplace, LLC
- **Location:** 121 Park Ave., QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18951
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Four employees were moving a wooden spool of fiber-optic cable fiber when the injured employee slipped and fell, twisting his ankle. The employee suffered three fractures to his ankle.

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