# Fractures at SimplexGrinnell
> OSHA SIR `20161211254` · 12/2/2016 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SimplexGrinnell
- **Location:** 2817 Saint Johns Blvd, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a sprinkler pipe while standing on a 6-foot ladder when he fell off the ladder and broke his ankle.

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