# Fractures at Comcast Shreveport
> OSHA SIR `2021097855` · 9/13/2021 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Comcast Shreveport
- **Location:** Red Ball Oxygen, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71109
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending an extension ladder. The ladder fly section disengaged from the base section, causing the employee to lose his balance. He fell from the ladder, landed on the ground, and suffered a broken ankle and tibia.

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