# Fractures at LeafFilter Gutter Protection
> OSHA SIR `2021032585` · 3/26/2021 · SLIDELL, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LeafFilter Gutter Protection
- **Location:** 130 Spartan Coop, SLIDELL, LOUISIANA, 70458
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a gutter at a customer's home. As the employee was climbing a 15-foot ladder, the ladder tipped over and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the right elbow and hip.

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