# Fractures at BAE Systems
> OSHA SIR `2015031102` · 3/10/2015 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** USS Cowpens, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92113
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

Employee slipped and fell approximately 20-30 feet while descending a fixed vertical ship's ladder fracturing the left ankle.

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