# Fractures at Lexicon, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020043555` · 4/17/2020 · ARMOREL, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Forging machinery
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lexicon, Inc
- **Location:** Highway 18 E River Road, ARMOREL, ARKANSAS, 72310
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee climbed up a ladder to access the top of a concrete ledge, which was part of the support structure for a furnace, and was standing on the north side of a cylinder as another employee was operating a lift to align the pin on top of the cylinder. A third employee was working a come-a-long to help align the cylinder top. The injured employee was flagging from the platform when he fell approximately 8 feet, landing on the concrete surface below. He was hospitalized with a fractured tibia and fibula in the left leg.

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