# Fractures at AAA Complete Building Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032051` · 3/5/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** AAA Complete Building Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 4555 Overlook Ave., SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20535
- **NAICS:** 811490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 12 foot portable step ladder to change a light bulb. While descending the ladder, the employee lost his footing and fell approximately eight feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the lower left leg.

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