# Fractures at AECOM
> OSHA SIR `2016109754` · 10/17/2016 · NEW JOHNSONVILLE, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth
## Employer
- **Name:** AECOM
- **Location:** 535 Steam Plant Rd. HWY 70, NEW JOHNSONVILLE, TENNESSEE, 37134
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was removing spoils from the tailgate of a dump truck using a scraper (flat shovel). While maneuvering near the tailgate, he tripped over a dirt clod roughly the size of a basketball and fell on the ground. He got up and fell again, breaking his left ankle, tibia, and fibula and requiring surgery.

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