# Fractures at Colorado Mechanical Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032299` · 3/7/2018 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Building, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Colorado Mechanical Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 1690 S. Abilene St., #107, AURORA, COLORADO, 80012
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to escape a construction fire while working on the third floor. He was climbing on the exterior of the building to get to the fire department's ladder when he lost his grip and fell to the ground, breaking his legs and ankle. He was hospitalized.

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