# Fractures at Coastal Mechanical Services
> OSHA SIR `2016076074` · 7/6/2016 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Mechanical Services
- **Location:** 300 Pinnellas St, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33756
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder when he fell from the last rung. He landed on a tape measure and cracked his right femur bone.

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