# Fractures at Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota Foundation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211860` · 12/22/2016 · ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota Foundation, Inc.
- **Location:** 1601 Milwaukee Ave, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
- **NAICS:** 623220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a box of clothing from the mezzanine above the maintenance area when she stumbled and fell down the last 3-4 stairs of the wooden stairway. The employee's left ankle was broken in two places.

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