# Fractures at High Associates, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2022065141` · 6/14/2022 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** High Associates, Ltd.
- **Location:** 1902 Olde Homestead Lane, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been servicing a roof-mounted HVAC unit. The employee then descended a fixed ladder to retrieve some work products. While climbing back up the ladder, the employee fell 12-15 feet to the concrete floor, sustaining a fractured leg and having epoxy splashed in their face. The employee was hospitalized.

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