# Fractures at Help at Home
> OSHA SIR `2024032483` · 3/20/2024 · DEKALB, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Help at Home
- **Location:** Client Home, DEKALB, ILLINOIS, 60115
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had finished speaking with a client. They then went to go down the stairs. The employee fell down the stairs and sustained a fractured ankle.

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