# Fractures at UNITED EXCEL
> OSHA SIR `2016032507` · 3/23/2016 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED EXCEL
- **Location:** Moody Air Force Base Bldg #909, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31698
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a fire wall inspection while working from a ladder. While descending the ladder, the employee lost their footing and fell against an adjacent countertop and then to the floor, breaking ribs.

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