# Fractures at BMC Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087635` · 8/10/2017 · RINGWOOD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** BMC Construction LLC
- **Location:** 1311 Sloatsburg Road, RINGWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 07456
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder scraping loose paint on the side of a building when the ladder slid down. The employee fell about 6 feet to the asphalt pavement, and the ladder landed on top of his left leg, breaking his femur.

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