# Fractures at Ricki Brown, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065200` · 6/8/2017 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Ricki Brown, LLC
- **Location:** 2117 Veterans Memorial Blvd., METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70002
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was six feet high on an extension ladder replacing siding. When he began to climb down, he lost his footing and fell to the ground, fracturing his heel.

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