# Fractures at John W. DePietro Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032761` · 3/25/2020 · EAST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** John W. DePietro Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 80 Red Barn Lane, EAST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND, 02818
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing three or four rungs up on an extension ladder that was leaning against the gutter in front of a garage, taking pictures of the roof. He slipped off the ladder and his right leg was caught between its rungs, causing fractures to right tibia and fibula.

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