# Fractures at Metalforms, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2022098446` · 9/23/2022 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalforms, LTD
- **Location:** 7218 Garth St, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder using a pneumatic grinder to prepare a pressure vessel for welding. The ladder slid out from underneath him and the employee fell approximately six feet to the ground, landing on the ladder. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the right lower leg.

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