# Fractures at Entergy Lafayette Service Center
> OSHA SIR `2016054354` · 5/18/2016 · SUNSET, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Entergy Lafayette Service Center
- **Location:** 577 Pershing Hwy, SUNSET, LOUISIANA, 70584
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a tree limb with a chainsaw while working off of an extension ladder. The ladder fell and the employee fell approximately 10-12 feet with the ladder landing on the ground in a standing position. He broke his right leg in three places and suffered an open fracture to his lower right leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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