# Fractures and burns at Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Collinsville-St. Louis
> OSHA SIR `2016076826` · 7/26/2016 · COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Collinsville-St. Louis
- **Location:** 1000 Eastport Plaza Dr., COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62234
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder on an HVAC unit in the ceiling when chemicals spilled on him and burned his skin. He then fell from the ladder and broke his leg and ankle, requiring overnight hospitalization and surgery.

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