# Fractures at Gillespie Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019010093` · 1/3/2019 · WARE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gillespie Corporation
- **Location:** 34 Pine Street, WARE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01082
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a loading dock about 4 feet high, draping a tarp over 16-foot-long elevator rails. The employee fell backward off the dock, breaking an ankle and a knee.

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