# Fractures at H Villa Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211424` · 12/1/2017 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** H Villa Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 10200 Cypress Cove Dr., FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33908
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was 11 feet up on an extension ladder, installing straps into a window opening, when the ladder moved. He lost his balance and fell off the ladder, landing over the ladder on the ground. He fractured his right leg.

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