# Fractures at U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest
> OSHA SIR `2017065275` · 6/9/2017 · FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest
- **Location:** 1824 S. Thompson Street, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, 86001
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was on a 5-foot ladder, removing burnable material from the roof and gutters of a structure threatened by wildfire, when he fell from the ladder to the ground. He suffered an open tibia/fibula fracture to his left leg.

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