# Fractures at Schindler Elevator, Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2020010179` · 1/7/2020 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Schindler Elevator, Corp.
- **Location:** Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield NJ, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07101
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a fixed ladder in an elevator pit performing elevator testing and maintenance when the employee slipped on the third rung and fell 3 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a knee injury and fractured tibia.

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