# Fractures at N.S. GILES FOUNDATIONS
> OSHA SIR `2016087945` · 8/24/2016 · GARDINER, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
## Employer
- **Name:** N.S. GILES FOUNDATIONS
- **Location:** Gardiner Wastewater Treatment Plant, GARDINER, MAINE, 04345
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading plywood onto a pallet to be lifted out of a tank. Three sheets of plywood fell on the employee causing the employee to fall and fracture the left tibia and fibula.

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