# Fractures at Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032658` · 3/30/2016 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
- **Location:** 3200 MacCorkle Avenue, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25304
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 30, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee was working from a 12-foot fiberglass step ladder, preparing to relocate a 2-inch vent line from a receiver tank. Steam and hot water came out of the vent, causing the employee to lean back, lose balance, and fall to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered a right hip fracture, multiple right rib fractures, and a right forearm laceration, requiring hospitalization. An energy control procedure was not used at the time of the incident.

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