# Fractures at Cleveland Clinic
> OSHA SIR `2024032061` · 3/6/2024 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Cleveland Clinic
- **Location:** 9500 Euclid Ave, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44195
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a light fixture from the second rung of a portable ladder when they lost their balance and fell to the walking surface, resulting in a fractured right fibular head/knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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