# Fractures at Simplex Grinnell
> OSHA SIR `2015063329` · 6/1/2015 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
## Employer
- **Name:** Simplex Grinnell
- **Location:** 1730 Lakeland Hills Blvd., LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33805
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the fifth rung of an A-step ladder while installing a piece of plywood to the ceiling. The plywood slipped off his hands and pushed him back, causing him to lose his balance and fall on the ground. He broke the lower portion of his right leg.

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