# Fractures at WEEKS MARINE, INC
> OSHA SIR `2016010114` · 1/6/2016 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WEEKS MARINE, INC
- **Location:** 901 Port Center Parkway, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23704
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was riding in a truck transporting a container that was to be crane-lifted onto a ship. As the container was being lifted from the truck, it stuck to the body of the vehicle, thus lifting both the container and the truck. The employee fell from the inside of the truck down to the ground, breaking his left leg.

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