# Fractures at ARS, a Tecta America Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021268` · 2/4/2019 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ARS, a Tecta America Company, LLC
- **Location:** 4815 South Louise Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57101
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was accessing a roof hatch from a fixed ladder and fell approximately 15 feet to the ground. One ankle was broken and the other ankle was injured.

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