# Fractures at Milwaukee School of Engineering
> OSHA SIR `2023010716` · 1/23/2023 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Milwaukee School of Engineering
- **Location:** 1025 North Broadway, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53202
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 12-foot extension ladder patching drywall. The ladder slipped and the employee fell, resulting in a right leg fracture.

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