# Fractures at Delta Beckwith Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `2017032303` · 3/13/2017 · CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Delta Beckwith Elevator Company
- **Location:** 100 Binney Street, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02142
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 3/13/17, a ladder slipped while an employee accessed an elevator pit and the employee fell 14 feet to the elevator platform. The employee then rolled and fell an additional 6 feet to the elevator pit, suffering a hairline fracture to the head.

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