# Fractures at Sloane and Company
> OSHA SIR `2016054776` · 5/26/2016 · HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sloane and Company
- **Location:** 55 Court Street, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY, 07601
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped off a ladder while descending and broke the tibia and fibula at the knee. The employee was wearing a fall protection harness while working on the ladder.

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