# Fractures at West Side Fabrication LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098868` · 9/15/2017 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** West Side Fabrication LLC
- **Location:** 9334 Grand Cordera Parkway, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80934
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a construction site installing a steel beam hoisted into position with a forklift. The employee climbed a ladder to access the beam and fell approximately 15 feet sustaining a fractured right femur and a right ankle compound fracture.

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