# Fractures at Eversource Energy
> OSHA SIR `2015053245` · 5/28/2015 · NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Eversource Energy
- **Location:** Intersection of Lyman Street/Centre Street, NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02458
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a manhole vault at the intersection of Lyman Street and Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts. As he transitioned from an extension ladder to the ground level, he fell approximately 11 feet, 7 inches, back into the manhole vault, breaking his right ankle and requiring hospitalization.

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