# Fractures at Trustees of Amherst College
> OSHA SIR `2018043772` · 4/19/2018 · AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Trustees of Amherst College
- **Location:** 300 S Pleasant Street, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, 01002
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 20-foot extension ladder when the employee slipped off the ladder rung and fell at least 6 feet to the ground below, breaking the left leg.

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