# Fractures at Metro EMS
> OSHA SIR `2017043379` · 4/14/2017 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground irregularity
- **Secondary source:** Mud
## Employer
- **Name:** Metro EMS
- **Location:** 1101 West 8th Street, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72201
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to a car crash. The employee was walking down into a ravine to render aid to a crash victim when she crossed a creek. Her foot sunk into the mud, stopping the forward motion of her foot while her body continued to travel forward. Her foot broke and required surgery.

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