# Fractures at Royalaire Mechanical Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087065` · 8/1/2016 · WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Royalaire Mechanical Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 8845 Old Pasco Road, WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA, 33544
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 12-foot step ladder when the pin on the ladders bracing broke causing him to fall to the ground. The employee suffered cracked ribs and a fractured coccyx.

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