# Fractures at St. Marks Powder, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021532` · 2/18/2016 · CRAWFORDVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Marks Powder, Inc.
- **Location:** 7121 Coastal Highway, CRAWFORDVILLE, FLORIDA, 32327
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a 12-foot A-frame ladder, attempting to thread a piece of pipe. While pushing the pipe to align it, he was thrown off balance and fell forward approximately 4 feet (from the 4th or 5th rung) to the concrete floor, suffering a head laceration, two broken wrists, dental trauma, and a bruised knee.

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