# Fractures at Castro Construction
> OSHA SIR `2017077112` · 7/29/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Castro Construction
- **Location:** 975 7th Street, SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20024
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging drywall while on a ladder when he slipped and fell to the floor, fracturing his knee cap.

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