# Fractures at Penda Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017021158` · 2/6/2017 · PORTAGE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Penda Corporation
- **Location:** 2344 W. Wisconsin Street, PORTAGE, WISCONSIN, 53901
- **NAICS:** 423120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder turning a hot water valve when the valve threads stripped and caused hot water to spray the employee. He fell about 5 feet to the concrete floor below, breaking two ribs.

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