# Fractures at The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
> OSHA SIR `20181111476` · 11/7/2018 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
- **Location:** 13924 Union Avenue, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44120
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to read the meter on the outside of a business facility when he fell off the ladder to the ground, fracturing his left ankle.

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