# Fractures at Sintertec, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087772` · 8/14/2017 · MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sintertec, Inc.
- **Location:** 2551 Port Place, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, 74403
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down from a 6-foot ladder when he missed the second step and twisted his ankle. He fractured his ankle in three places and had surgery.

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