# Fractures at JVC Construction
> OSHA SIR `2021087463` · 8/31/2021 · ALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JVC Construction
- **Location:** 730 East Exchange, ALLEN, TEXAS, 75002
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down an A-frame ladder when his foot slipped on a rung and he fell to the floor, breaking his ankle.

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