# Fractures at Hampshire Fire Protection Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032562` · 3/21/2017 · SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hampshire Fire Protection Co., LLC
- **Location:** 161 Essex Street, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01970
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder, putting a hanger on a gate valve, when the employee fell off the ladder and into a ditch, breaking a leg.

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