# Fractures at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
> OSHA SIR `2019010843` · 1/23/2019 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
- **Location:** University Drive C, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15240
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 15 feet from a portable extension ladder to the cement floor in a chiller plant while attempting to attach a chain-fall onto nylon straps near the ceiling. He was hospitalized with a broken tibia plateau in his right leg.

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