# Fractures at Shumate Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `2017010318` · 1/11/2017 · WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Shumate Mechanical
- **Location:** 655 Molly Lane, Suite 100, WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA, 30189
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were performing maintenance work on an HVAC unit on the roof of the building. As an employee was descending a ladder, his right leg slipped and he fell 10-12 feet to the concrete floor fracturing both legs and ankles.

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