# Fractures at WAYNE J. GRIFFIN ELECTRIC INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2021054290` · 5/26/2021 · WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** WAYNE J. GRIFFIN ELECTRIC INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 65 Minot Avenue, WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 02571
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a stepladder. One of the ladder's legs dropped into a core hole that had been filled with foam and covered with a skim coat the same color as the floor. The ladder tipped and the employee fell, landing 4 feet below and suffering a broken ankle.

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