# Fractures at LA Painting
> OSHA SIR `2015096603` · 9/10/2015 · FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** LA Painting
- **Location:** Fort Shafter Elementry School, FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII, 96858
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 8 feet and hit his head on the ground while descending an extension ladder. He fractured the orbital bone in his head.

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