# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at GORDON CONTRACTORS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017087682` · 8/11/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** GORDON CONTRACTORS INC.
- **Location:** 1120 23rd Street NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20009
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an extension ladder while affixing flashing around a door frame. When the employee attempted to drill into the flashing, the ladder slid and one of the rungs came down on top of the employee's right knee, injuring it and requiring surgery.

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