# Fractures at JEN Mechanical, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023054763` · 5/30/2023 · O FALLON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JEN Mechanical, Inc
- **Location:** 1119 S Lincoln, O FALLON, ILLINOIS, 62269
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been hosing down the coils of an HVAC unit on a roof. He was going up or down an extension ladder when the foot of the ladder slipped on the wet concrete/asphalt ground and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured rib, fractured foot, knee strain, and a possible fractured wrist.

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