# Fractures at Peak View Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2024087805` · 8/23/2024 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Peak View Roofing
- **Location:** Ranch Foods Direct, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80916
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder to the roof level while carrying an extension cord. He lost his footing and fell approximately 23 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right leg.

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