# Fractures at GOETTLE
> OSHA SIR `2018032084` · 3/1/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** GOETTLE
- **Location:** Ball Park Village, Block 400, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63103
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee leaned half of an extension ladder against the side of a power unit and started to climb up while two other employees held the sides of the ladder. When he extended his hand to receive a nozzle from one of the other employees, the ladder slipped out from underneath him. He fell approximately 4 to 5 feet and hit the ground, breaking his ankle.

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