# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Ideal Signs
> OSHA SIR `2015031250` · 3/17/2015 · GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Ideal Signs
- **Location:** 402 W 8th Street, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78626
- **NAICS:** 323115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a sign while working from an extension ladder. He reached behind the ladder to stick vinyl onto the wall. He slipped and fell approximately 8 feet from the ladder onto the ground, sustaining a concussion, fractured left leg, and cut on his right knee.

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