# Fractures at PURIS Proteins, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20201211964` · 12/23/2020 · TURTLE LAKE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PURIS Proteins, LLC.
- **Location:** 105 South Maple Street, TURTLE LAKE, WISCONSIN, 54889
- **NAICS:** 311222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 23, 2020, an employee was cleaning overhead piping using an extended brush on an 8-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder began to tip and the employee fell to the floor, suffering two broken bones in the ankle that required surgery.

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