# Fractures at Veolia Environmental Services
> OSHA SIR `2015010130` · 1/6/2015 · NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Veolia Environmental Services
- **Location:** 7 Park Drive, NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA, 25143
- **NAICS:** 541620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 6, 2015, an employee was working from a ladder, cutting a metal tank into scrap metal.  The employee stepped off the ladder and onto a tank where he slipped and fell. The employee fractured his right ankle and was admitted to the hospital for surgical repair of the fracture.

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