# Fractures at X-Cell Insulation Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018099596` · 9/17/2018 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** X-Cell Insulation Corporation
- **Location:** 115 Fort Washington Avenue, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10032
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the third rung of an A-frame ladder applying caulking to a wall when the employee slipped and fell off the ladder, fracturing both ankles.

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