# Fractures at Direct Building Supplies LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076676` · 7/23/2024 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **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:** Direct Building Supplies LLC
- **Location:** 95 Ace Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15229
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coming down from a roof on a ladder. His foot slipped when he was approximately 6 rungs off the ground. He fell to the ground and landed on his ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

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