# Fractures at BrightView Landscape
> OSHA SIR `2023021875` · 2/28/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BrightView Landscape
- **Location:** 836 W Wellington Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60657
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a portable ladder removing decorations when they lost their balance and fell approximately 7 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a knee fracture.

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