# Fractures at United States Gypsum Company
> OSHA SIR `2017088228` · 8/26/2017 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Gypsum Company
- **Location:** 6825 EVERGREEN AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32208
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee on an extension ladder had finished removing links from a chain. As he descended the ladder, his foot became tangled on the ladder's rope, and he fell 5 feet 6 inches to the ground. He bruised his right knee and fractured his hip, requiring hospitalization.

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