# Fractures at Tecta America Dakotas
> OSHA SIR `2016021712` · 2/24/2016 · MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tecta America Dakotas
- **Location:** Near 66th Street South & 53rd Avenue South, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA, 58701
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending an extension ladder at a construction site when he fell approximately 15 feet to the ground below, suffering fractures and lacerations.

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