# Fractures at University Health System
> OSHA SIR `2023054094` · 5/7/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** University Health System
- **Location:** 4502 Medical Dr, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78229
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an A-frame ladder cleaning and dusting fixtures when they fell from the second or third rung from the bottom to the floor and sustained a left ankle fracture.

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