# Fractures at Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016032156` · 3/11/2016 · LAKE IN THE HILLS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Straight ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc
- **Location:** 14 Walter Ct, LAKE IN THE HILLS, ILLINOIS, 60156
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a straight ladder to clean a horizontal coater. The employee slipped while descending the ladder, falling 6 to 8 feet to the cement floor and fracturing a leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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