# Fractures at Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077177` · 7/23/2025 · LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** All-terrain vehicle (ATV)
- **Secondary source:** Loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
- **Location:** 110 Canal Street, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, 01852
- **NAICS:** 541620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was working in the back of a micro truck and maneuvering around the materials in the back of the truck. The employee's foot caught on the edge of the truck, causing him to lose balance and fall from the back of the truck to the ground approximately 3.5 to 4 feet below. The employee landed on his feet on the loading dock but rolled his ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the ankle.

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