# Fractures at First Service Painting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211236` · 12/8/2023 · NORTH FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** First Service Painting, Inc.
- **Location:** 3000 Heritage Lakes BLVD, NORTH FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33903
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 10-foot extension ladder hanging gutters on a commercial building. As the employee began to descend, the ladder slipped, causing them to fall to the concrete surface below. The employee sustained a hip fracture.

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