# Fractures at Tennessee Valley Authority
> OSHA SIR `2015085588` · 8/9/2015 · SODDY DAISY, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** Tennessee Valley Authority
- **Location:** 2000 Igou Road, SODDY DAISY, TENNESSEE, 37379
- **NAICS:** 221113
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a fixed ladder with a cage inside of a containment unit when she lost her footing and subsequently lost her hand grip and fell approximately eight feet breaking her right ankle. She had surgery to repair the damage to her ankle.

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