# Fractures at Musco Sports Lighting, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016043398` · 4/22/2016 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** Musco Sports Lighting, LLC.
- **Location:** 1201 Coliseum Drive, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35487
- **NAICS:** 335129
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a caged, fixed ladder that was approximately 23 to 25 feet high. While he was standing on the top rung and attaching his fall protection lanyard, he slipped and fell approximately 8 to 10 feet inside the cage, breaking his ankle.

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