# Fractures at Madison County Sheltered Workshop
> OSHA SIR `2016065286` · 6/15/2016 · FREDERICKTOWN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Madison County Sheltered Workshop
- **Location:** 425 N. Chamber Dr., FREDERICKTOWN, MISSOURI, 63645
- **NAICS:** 611699
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been doing landscaping outside and was walking when his right foot slipped forward, causing his left leg to buckle under him. He fell to the ground and landed on his left leg, breaking the fibula and tibia and requiring surgery.

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