# Fractures at Builders FirstSource, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077403` · 7/19/2019 · VANDALIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Builders FirstSource, LLC
- **Location:** 4173 Old Springfield Rd, VANDALIA, OHIO, 45377
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going to hammer protruding nails into a wall in preparation to take down shelving. The nails were more than 10 feet above the ground. The employee was standing on a wooden pallet which was raised on the forks of a forklift when the pallet failed. The employee lost balance and fell more than 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken left ankle.

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