# Fractures at ERIC COMPTON CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `2017099205` · 9/26/2017 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ERIC COMPTON CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** 3089 Cambridge View Court, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63129
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder after placing a scaffold plank when he lost his footing and fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, breaking his ribs and pelvis.

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