# Fractures at R & S Maintenance Services
> OSHA SIR `2021032243` · 3/15/2021 · ATCHISON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** R & S Maintenance Services
- **Location:** 1300 Main St., ATCHISON, KANSAS, 66002
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a hose out of an exterior door on the second floor of a facility. The hose lifted up the hand rail and the employee fell over it, landing on the ground 12 feet below. The employee suffered a broken right ankle.

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