# Fractures at Alltek Energy Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032478` · 3/22/2016 · GLENMONT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Alltek Energy Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Capital Cities BMW in Glenmont, NY, GLENMONT, NEW YORK, 12077
- **NAICS:** 423730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been working on a 12- to 14-feet-high roof and was descending an extension ladder. The ladder was tied off and extended 3 feet above the roof at the time. The ladder slipped out from underneath the employee when he was at the top, and he fell 12 to 14 feet, suffering a hairline fracture of the pelvis and a broken pinky finger.

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