# Fractures at STS Steel Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212483` · 12/4/2019 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** STS Steel Inc.
- **Location:** 301 Nott Street, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12305
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had taken a 32-foot extension ladder apart and was using it to put up a safety platform when the employee fell with the ladder 14 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg and facial contusion.

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