# Fractures at Elmira Structures Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022010188` · 1/7/2022 · HIMROD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Elmira Structures Inc
- **Location:** 3761 Severne on Seneca Road, HIMROD, NEW YORK, 14842
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed approximately 10 feet up an extension ladder when the bottom of the ladder kicked out. As the employee fell, their left foot got caught on a rung and the ladder fell on their foot, resulting in a broken ankle and fractured fibula.

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