# Fractures at Rockford Homes
> OSHA SIR `2017065199` · 6/8/2017 · GALENA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Rockford Homes
- **Location:** 1722 Somerford Drive, GALENA, OHIO, 43021
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was touching up paint on a fireplace located inside a new home when his extension ladder slipped out from under him. He fell approximately 18 feet to the floor, possibly breaking his leg and hip. He was hospitalized.

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