# Fractures at Bethany Nursing Home & Health Related Facility, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20241110825` · 11/20/2024 · HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Improvised scaffolds or staging
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bethany Nursing Home & Health Related Facility, Inc
- **Location:** 3005 Watkins Road, HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK, 14845
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shingling a mansard roof. While on a ladder and walking plank, the ladder and plank tipped over, causing the employee to fall to the ground and suffer a fractured heel.

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