# Fractures at Comfort Systems USA Southeast
> OSHA SIR `2025021700` · 2/20/2025 · NICEVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **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:** Comfort Systems USA Southeast
- **Location:** 465 Government Rd Valparaiso Fl, 32578, NICEVILLE, FLORIDA, 32578
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was five feet up a 10-foot ladder using a reciprocating saw to cut a PVC pipe that was suspended from the ceiling. He lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured ankle, tibia, and fibula. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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