# Fractures at Juneau Construction Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191212779` · 12/12/2019 · CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Juneau Construction Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1307 Standford Drive, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, 33146
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing remedial concrete work on a wall from an extension ladder. The ladder slid out from beneath him and he fell approximately 8 feet to the ground below. He broke his left wrist and suffered contusions to his left ribs, requiring hospitalization.

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