# Fractures at Memorial Sloan Kettering
> OSHA SIR `2017032022` · 3/3/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Memorial Sloan Kettering
- **Location:** 330 E. 66th St, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10065
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a portable extension ladder to work on a hatch in the ceiling. The ladder slipped out from underneath him and the employee fell 8-10 feet resulting in a broken leg.

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