# Fractures at AZZ Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010604` · 1/18/2025 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** AZZ Inc.
- **Location:** 4454 Steel Place, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45209
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder taking a photo of a clog in an acid tank when their ladder slid out from under them. The employee fell approximately 12 feet to the ground and sustained fractures to their left ankle and femur.

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