# Fractures at Tradesmen International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098753` · 9/12/2017 · NORMAL, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tradesmen International, LLC
- **Location:** 375 Buchanan Way NE, NORMAL, ALABAMA, 35762
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder to line up ceiling/floor boards above him. The ladder slipped out from under him and the employee fell to the floor resulting in hospitalization for fractured ankles.

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