# Fractures at Charger Earth LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088080` · 8/22/2017 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Charger Earth LLC
- **Location:** NW of Pecos, TX on Highway 2119, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to offload a rock crusher and acting as the spotter when the load shifted. As he dismounted the rock crusher to inform the operator he broke his left lower leg and ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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