# Fractures at Flowers Baking Company of Birmingham, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021074` · 2/4/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Company of Birmingham, LLC
- **Location:** 900 16th Street North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35203
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 6-foot A-frame ladder to access a gate valve in a flour blower/compressor room. The ladder became unstable and the employee fell from the top rung, suffering a broken ankle.

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