# Fractures at Yates Bleachery Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087327` · 8/8/2016 · FLINTSTONE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Mud
## Employer
- **Name:** Yates Bleachery Company
- **Location:** 503 Flintstone Road, FLINTSTONE, GEORGIA, 30725
- **NAICS:** 313310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in an aeration basin and attempted to retrieve a grappling hook when he slipped and fell breaking his lower left leg.

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