# Fractures at Dixie Construction Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032808` · 3/29/2023 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Dixie Construction Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 412 Cleveland Street, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33755
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 6-foot ladder chipping stucco off a wall. As he was descending the ladder, an extension cord became tangled around his feet, causing him to fall 4 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained an elbow fracture.

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