# Fractures at Brevard Solar, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043766` · 4/19/2018 · MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Brevard Solar, LLC
- **Location:** 425 North Dr, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32904
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up an extension ladder and fell about half-way up (6 feet) onto loose conduit on the ground resulting in a broken leg near the ankle and hospitalization for surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*