# Fractures at COVERIS
> OSHA SIR `2016032070` · 3/8/2016 · EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** COVERIS
- **Location:** 1701 Johnson Industrial Drive, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MISSOURI, 64024
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismounting a 6-foot step ladder when he slipped and fell. As he fell, his right arm struck a nearby machine and fractured.

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