# Fractures at COMPONENT ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021031936` · 3/3/2021 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** COMPONENT ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 66 Hudson Blvd East, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10001
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an extension ladder when the ladder slid out from under him, causing him to fall approximately 8 feet to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right leg.

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