# Fractures at Design Security Controls
> OSHA SIR `2020032619` · 3/20/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Design Security Controls
- **Location:** 3816 Fannin Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77004
- **NAICS:** 561621
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had climbed onto the roof to perform a task. When the employee was coming down the ladder, the ladder came out from underneath him and he fell to the ground. The employee sustained an ankle fracture and five broken ribs. He also sustained bumps and bruises.

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