# Fractures at Cleaning Contractors Corp,
> OSHA SIR `2024010562` · 1/18/2024 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cleaning Contractors Corp,
- **Location:** 1120 Bronx River Ave, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10472
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a window behind a concrete column. As he finished and began to come down the ladder, he slipped and lost balance. He and the ladder fell. He landed on the side of the ladder, after falling 6 feet, and suffered a broken ankle.

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