# Fractures at Southern States
> OSHA SIR `2020021704` · 2/20/2020 · DAGSBORO, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Straight ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern States
- **Location:** Dagsboro Agronomy Plant, DAGSBORO, DELAWARE, 19939
- **NAICS:** 111998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coming down a straight ladder when it slid and he fell to the ground. His left leg was broken in two places between the knee and the ankle. He was hospitalized.

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