# Fractures at John H. Cook Jr. Painting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043706` · 4/10/2019 · HORNELL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** John H. Cook Jr. Painting, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 County Route 70A, HORNELL, NEW YORK, 14843
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting from a baker scaffold. He fell from the scaffold to the floor 1.5 feet below, suffering a tibia/fibula fracture and a fractured ankle.

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