# Fractures at US Army Ft Drum
> OSHA SIR `2015010640` · 1/20/2015 · FORT DRUM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** US Army Ft Drum
- **Location:** Bldg 20500, Barracks rm 6, mechrm, FORT DRUM, NEW YORK, 13602
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was standing on an externally mounted receptacle located on the wall. The receptacle broke away causing the employee to fall to the ground fracturing his leg. He required a surgical procedure and in patient hospitalization to repair the fracture.

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