# Fractures at Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025066105` · 6/25/2025 · EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Slopes, embankments
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 305 Lewis and Clark Blvd, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62024
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a 1-inch hose into position. He stepped down a small embankment (about 18 inches in height), lost his balance, and fell on the ground. The employee sustained two fractures to his left leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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