# Fractures at Northwest Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032220` · 3/10/2017 · BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwest Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 221 East Reno Avenue, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, 58504
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell 35 feet to the ground while handing sheet metal up to the roof from a JLG. The employee suffered fractures to the lower extremities.

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