# Fractures at LeafFilter Gutter Protection
> OSHA SIR `2021086505` · 8/3/2021 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LeafFilter Gutter Protection
- **Location:** 400 Park Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17109
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a residential gutter from an A-frame ladder, 6 to 7 feet above the ground. The employee fell to the ground and suffered two fractures in the lower back and a broken right ankle.

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