# Fractures at Botanicus
> OSHA SIR `20171111092` · 11/18/2017 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Botanicus
- **Location:** 523 Fillmore Avenue, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped up on a ladder to check/see what plants needed water. While stepping down, she missed the last two ladder steps and fell to the floor, breaking bones in her right leg. She was hospitalized and had surgery.

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