# Fractures at Mid-American Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `2023032117` · 3/7/2023 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-American Elevator Company
- **Location:** Penn Station, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10119
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the casing and pistons on an elevator. While descending the fixed ladder inside the elevator pit, he slipped on one of the rungs and fell 2 feet to the floor. He landed on the sides of his feet causing his ankles to roll. He sustained fractures to the ankles.

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