# Fractures at Van Hook Service Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109606` · 10/17/2023 · JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Van Hook Service Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 235 Pleasant Ave., JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK, 12095
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a vertically mounted roof ladder when they slipped and fell 5 feet onto a stair railing, resulting in a broken right tibia and fibula.

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