# Fractures at Florida Crystals Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015085527` · 8/9/2015 · SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Crystals Corporation
- **Location:** 8001 U.S. HWY 27 South, SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA, 33493
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a by-pass valve while working from an A-frame ladder. When the ladder slipped the employee fell approximately four to five feet fracturing the right femur.

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