# Fractures at Johns Manville
> OSHA SIR `2019010824` · 1/23/2019 · BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Johns Manville
- **Location:** 204 Curtis Road, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder when it shifted backwards. The employee fell about 12 feet to the ground, suffering a broken right ankle and a closed compression fracture of a lower-back vertebra.

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