# Fractures at Knoch Coroporation
> OSHA SIR `2020076619` · 7/14/2020 · MASSILLON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Knoch Coroporation
- **Location:** 207 Oak Ave SE, MASSILLON, OHIO, 44646
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to access a roof when the ladder kicked out at the bottom. He was 8 to 9 feet above ground level and tried to hold on to the roof line to stop falling.  However, the ladder continued to kick out and he fell, sustaining a sprained left ankle and knee, two fractured disks, and a broken tailbone. He was hospitalized.

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