# Fractures at Atlas Blowpipe & Sheet Metal Works, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171010172` · 10/23/2017 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlas Blowpipe & Sheet Metal Works, Inc
- **Location:** 1024 Ridgewood Dr, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70001
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder removing a variable air volume box (VAV) from the ceiling when he fell approximately 5 feet off the ladder. The VAV box landed on his right leg. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg.

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