# Sprains at Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning & General Contracting of Connecticut Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191011021` · 10/22/2019 · MANALAPAN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning & General Contracting of Connecticut Inc
- **Location:** 318 Adams Court, MANALAPAN, NEW JERSEY, 07726
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder to clean gutters on a residential home. The ladder became displaced from the base and the employee fell to the ground, spraining his ankle and requiring hospitalization.

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