# Fractures at Steele Brothers Heating Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021054322` · 5/27/2021 · LOUISVILLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Elevator shafts
- **Secondary source:** Elevator shafts
## Employer
- **Name:** Steele Brothers Heating Inc
- **Location:** 1312 Snowberry Lane, LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, 80027
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing HVAC systems at a three-story apartment building. An employee fell 35 feet through an unguarded elevator shaft and suffered a broken ankle.

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