# Fractures at MooreCo, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010161` · 1/7/2020 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MooreCo, Inc.
- **Location:** 2885 Lorraine Avenue, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76501
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 4-foot ladder when he fell to the ground and his legs became twisted in the bottom two rungs. He suffered a fracture to the right ankle that required hospitalization and surgery.

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