# Fractures at Rapid Fire Protection, A Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Company
> OSHA SIR `20231010022` · 10/30/2023 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Rapid Fire Protection, A Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Company
- **Location:** 1056 brantley point, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80911
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to install covers on a sprinkler head when they slipped and fell, resulting in a broken right leg.

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