# Dislocation of joints at Empire Mitigation Restoration & Consulting Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020011983` · 1/22/2020 · LAKE WALES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Mitigation Restoration & Consulting Services, LLC
- **Location:** 3949 ROLLING HILLS CT E, LAKE WALES, FLORIDA, 33898
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing new drywall in a bathroom and slipped off the first step of a ladder resulting in a dislocated knee and hospitalization. The leg was amputated above the knee a week later due to poor circulation.

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