# Fractures at Animal Remover
> OSHA SIR `2023065103` · 6/9/2023 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cages, cage racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Animal Remover
- **Location:** 2682 Mountville Drive, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45238
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing an empty animal cage from near the top of a residential roof in order to repair roof damage. The cage caught their legs while walking and the employee fell 18 feet to the ground sustaining fractures to both ankles. The employee was not wearing fall protection at the time.

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