# Fractures at POWER COMPONENT SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181212464` · 12/5/2018 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** POWER COMPONENT SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 2700 Martin Luther King jr. Ave, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20593
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a ladder when it shifted and both the employee and the ladder fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured lower right leg.

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