# Fractures at H.H. Knoebel Sons, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016076454` · 7/17/2016 · PAXINOS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Raised natural structures, hills, mountains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** H.H. Knoebel Sons, Inc
- **Location:** Route 61 near 61 and 487, PAXINOS, PENNSYLVANIA, 17860
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a billboard while standing on a step ladder. The ladder kicked out and the employee fell about five feet, then rolled down an embankment about ten feet. He suffered a broken wrist.

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