# Fractures at R.C. Fabricators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076147` · 7/5/2017 · LINCOLN, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** R.C. Fabricators, Inc.
- **Location:** 7254 Cedar Creek Road, LINCOLN, DELAWARE, 19960
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying tools up an extension ladder when the ladder's feet began to slide back along the steel decking below. He lost his balance and fell approximately 7 feet to the steel decking, lacerating his right knee and breaking his right kneecap. He was hospitalized.

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