# Fractures at Alfredo Mendoza Palma
> OSHA SIR `2023054695` · 5/26/2023 · HASLET, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Alfredo Mendoza Palma
- **Location:** 948 High Noon Dr., HASLET, TEXAS, 76052
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder when they slipped on granules. They fell approximately 10 feet to the ground and struck a pallet, resulting in a fracture between the knee and ankle.

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