# Fractures at Professional Service Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032882` · 3/31/2023 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Professional Service Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** intersection of WD Judge Drive and John Young Parkway, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32825
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an extension ladder out of a 15-foot deep trench when he lost his footing and fell 15 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered a  femur fracture.

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