# Fractures at EMCOR Services New England Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `2018054309` · 5/3/2018 · STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** EMCOR Services New England Mechanical
- **Location:** 652 Glenbrook Rd, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06906
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee set up an extension ladder in the back of a building near a rooftop unit that needed service. While he was on the ladder a strong gust of wind from an approaching storm caused him and the ladder to fall approximately 10 to 15 feet onto the concrete sidewalk below. He fractured his right ankle and fibula, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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