# Fractures at JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO.
> OSHA SIR `2018055248` · 5/31/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
- **Secondary source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO.
- **Location:** 401 Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60601
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was decking on the 53rd floor while standing on a joist supported by props. He lost his footing and fell 7 feet, hitting a plumber stack and breaking his left tibia.

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