# Fractures at Lamar Advertising
> OSHA SIR `2024010981` · 1/31/2024 · COALING, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lamar Advertising
- **Location:** I-20/59, GPS_Coordinates: 33.17898/-87.373665, COALING, ALABAMA, 35453
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an advertisement on a billboard. As he was descending a fixed ladder on the billboard, he jumped approximately 13 feet to the ground below, resulting in a fracture to his lower leg/ankle.

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