# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Machen, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087746` · 8/18/2016 · HAYDEN, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Machen, Inc.
- **Location:** 2265 W. Aerostar Way, HAYDEN, IDAHO, 83835
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder while fueling a small commuter plane when he fell off the ladder and contacted the concrete deck, suffering severe facial swelling.

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