# Fractures at Maxi Drug South, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2015052866` · 5/14/2015 · SLATERSVILLE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Maxi Drug South, L.P.
- **Location:** 900 Victory Highway, SLATERSVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, 02876
- **NAICS:** 446110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing windows while standing on a 4-foot stepladder. When she stepped back off of the ladder, she twisted and broke her left ankle, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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