# Fractures at ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2020054452` · 5/13/2020 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 16 Saint James, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12208
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell from a fixed ladder and landed about 20 feet below, hitting a skylight on the way down. He suffered a broken left tibia and fibula.

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