# Fractures at Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries
> OSHA SIR `2021075612` · 7/9/2021 · YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **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:** Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries
- **Location:** 211 Redondo Road, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44504
- **NAICS:** 624110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a flag pole. As the employee was changing the rope on the flag pole, the pole shifted and the employee fell to the concrete below, resulting in a broken ankle, a fractured wrist, a knee injury, and a lower back injury.

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