# Fractures at University of Chicago
> OSHA SIR `2017098893` · 9/16/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** University of Chicago
- **Location:** 5225 S. Cottage Grove, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60615
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder and fell breaking an ankle.

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