# Fractures at Auzmet Architectural, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032703` · 3/23/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Auzmet Architectural, Inc.
- **Location:** 4361 Cougar Village Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77004
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to install metal wall panels at a residential building. The employee fell off the ladder and landed on the ground. He sustained a broken right femur and a laceration to the head.

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