# Fractures at Florida Atlantic Ironworks, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098270` · 9/7/2023 · KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Atlantic Ironworks, Inc.
- **Location:** 195 NEO CITY WAY, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, 34744
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a joist seat at roof level while standing on an extension ladder that was placed on metal decking. The ladder began slipping and the employee fell approximately 7 feet to the ground surface. As he fell, his foot was caught between the rungs of the ladder. The employee sustained a broken right ankle requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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