# Fractures at The Garland Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025076892` · 7/16/2025 · ITASCA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Multipurpose ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** The Garland Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 134 N Hill St., ITASCA, TEXAS, 76055
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been inspecting a roof for potential future work. While descending from the roof using a telescoping ladder, one of the locks malfunctioned and the bottom of the ladder slid away from the building. The employee fell with the ladder onto the concrete below. The employee sustained fractures to their left radius near the elbow, left wrist, and left hip.

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