# Fractures at Cintas Fire Protection Division
> OSHA SIR `2024109410` · 10/9/2024 · VOORHEES, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Cintas Fire Protection Division
- **Location:** 320 Route 73, VOORHEES, NEW JERSEY, 08043
- **NAICS:** 561621
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the second step of a four-foot ladder to remove a pipe plug using a wrench. The wrench slipped and he lost his balance. The employee fell from the  ladder to the floor, landing on his right knee. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.

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