# Fractures at Delmarva Roofing and Coating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211869` · 12/14/2017 · MILFORD, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Delmarva Roofing and Coating, Inc.
- **Location:** Milford Plaza Shopping Center, MILFORD, DELAWARE, 19963
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder from a roof when it began to slide sideways. He dismounted the ladder at a height of about 10 to 12 feet and landed with his right foot on the concrete pad below, suffering a compression fracture to the right leg above the knee and below the hip. He was hospitalized.

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