# Fractures at Batson-Cook Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043557` · 4/20/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Batson-Cook Company
- **Location:** 100 West Peachtree Street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30309
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the third rung from the bottom of a 6-foot step ladder patching concrete on an adjacent wall when he lost his balance and fell off, landing on his back and fracturing his pelvis.

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