# Fractures at Gerardo Martinez
> OSHA SIR `2016042880` · 4/6/2016 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerardo Martinez
- **Location:** 312 Pearl Parkway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78215
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a fixed metal ladder when he lost his footing and/or grip and fell from a height of approximately 5 feet. He fractured his left leg bone beneath the knee.

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