# Fractures at OmniSource Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017109573` · 10/5/2017 · DEFIANCE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OmniSource Corporation
- **Location:** 880 Linden Street, DEFIANCE, OHIO, 43512
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's foot slipped out while he was stepping approximately 2 feet down onto a work platform to access a conveyor's grease point. He fractured his left lower leg and was hospitalized.

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