# Fractures at Leafguard Holdings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019022158` · 2/27/2019 · LEWISBERRY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Leafguard Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** 659 Hunters Lane, LEWISBERRY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17339
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 24-foot extension ladder to install gutters. The ladder kicked out and slid down the residential home's siding to the ground. The employee fell 15 feet and broke both wrists and sustained a head laceration requiring stitches.

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