# Fractures at Otis Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `20191213029` · 12/19/2019 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Otis Elevator Company
- **Location:** 1600 E 105th Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44106
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was descending a ladder to the pit floor to check the governor tension sheave switch when he either missed or slipped on one of the bottom rungs and fell, breaking his leg.

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