# Fractures at DUREZ CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2024032587` · 3/22/2024 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DUREZ CORPORATION
- **Location:** 5000 PACKARD ROAD, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14304
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending an exterior ladder from the second floor to the mezzanine level. The employee's leg slipped through the rungs of the ladder; he fell backward and sustained a leg fracture and knee injury that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

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