# Fractures at Hawk Plumbing, Heating & Air-Conditioning, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065416` · 6/13/2017 · CROWLEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hawk Plumbing, Heating & Air-Conditioning, Inc.
- **Location:** 1005 W. Main St., CROWLEY, TEXAS, 76036
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting PVC pipe together while on a ladder while a coworker held the bottom of the ladder. The coworker let go of the ladder and stepped around the corner to check if the placement of the PVC was correct. The ladder slipped and the employee fell to a cement pad below, breaking a bone above the ankle.

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