# Fractures at Orkin
> OSHA SIR `2023043289` · 4/13/2023 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Orkin
- **Location:** Pleasantville Baptist Church, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder placing steel wool into the exterior of a building when they fell approximately 8 feet from the ladder to the ground. The employee sustained a left ankle and tibia fracture.

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