# Fractures at SUPERIOR STEEL CONNECTORS
> OSHA SIR `2020087451` · 8/6/2020 · LOVELAND, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SUPERIOR STEEL CONNECTORS
- **Location:** 3725 Mountain Lion Dr, LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80537
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee set up a 24-foot extension ladder to 12 feet. When he climbed the ladder, it twisted and collapsed causing the employee to fall and fracture his ankle.

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