# Fractures at PINNACLE MANUFACTURING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099751` · 9/20/2018 · BOAZ, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PINNACLE MANUFACTURING, LLC
- **Location:** 512 WEST HENDERSON RD, BOAZ, ALABAMA, 35957
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a stepladder removing a sling from a lifting lug that was welded onto a 300-pound weir wall when the lock nut came loose from the bolt, causing the weir wall to fall and knock the employee 4 to 5 feet off the stepladder to the ground. The employee suffered a lower right leg fracture.

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