# Fractures at Esposito Lawn and Garden Center
> OSHA SIR `20171110884` · 11/12/2017 · TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Esposito Lawn and Garden Center
- **Location:** 3267 Belle Mead Rd., TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 32312
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 12-foot extension ladder installing a client's Christmas decorations when the ladder slipped. He fell 6 feet to the ground, fracturing his left hand and left foot and suffering trauma to his right foot. He was hospitalized.

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