# Fractures at AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054159` · 5/3/2025 · WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Evergreen Drive, WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01887
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting from a ladder when he fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

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