# Fractures at Bob Woodall Air Care Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054194` · 5/9/2017 · HEADLAND, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Bob Woodall Air Care Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 55 East Railroad Street, HEADLAND, ALABAMA, 36345
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an air conditioning unit from an extension ladder that was leaned against a building while a coworker was holding the bottom of the ladder. The coworker released the ladder and walked away to retrieve a part. The ladder then slid out and the employee fell 13 feet, breaking his foot.

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