# Fractures at Cranesville Block Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043108` · 4/9/2024 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cranesville Block Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 186 Norman Street, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14613
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking into a 10-foot-high tank from an extension ladder, with his feet about 6 feet above the floor. The ladder slipped and slid down the tank. The employee fell to the floor, landing on his right foot and suffering two broken bones in his right ankle/lower leg.

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