# Fractures at Prestige Painting Worldwide
> OSHA SIR `2024076726` · 7/24/2024 · PARKVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, stone, gravel
## Employer
- **Name:** Prestige Painting Worldwide
- **Location:** 12 E 1st Street, PARKVILLE, MISSOURI, 64152
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 12-foot extension ladder painting the exterior of a building when the ladder slipped on gravel. The employee fell approximately 9 feet and the ladder landed on his ankles. Both ankles and his right knee were fractured and the employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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