# Fractures at IES Residential
> OSHA SIR `2025043266` · 4/8/2025 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** IES Residential
- **Location:** 7539 Donegal Drive, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45233
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from an extension ladder to install an exterior receptable outlet on the soffit at a newly constructed home. They fell from the ladder to the ground and the ladder ended up on the ground also. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur and required surgery.

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