# Fractures at Holiday Inn Port of Miami
> OSHA SIR `2021097608` · 9/3/2021 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Holiday Inn Port of Miami
- **Location:** 340 Biscayne Boulevard, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33132
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 10:00 p.m. on September 3, 2021, an employee was climbing down an approximately 6-foot A-frame ladder after painting air conditioning vents on a ceiling. One of his feet got caught and the other left the ladder at the third or fourth rung, resulting in a compound fracture to the left ankle.

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