# Fractures and dislocations at HY PRESSURE WASHING & PAINTING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20171110708` · 11/6/2017 · SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** HY PRESSURE WASHING & PAINTING COMPANY
- **Location:** 700 Old Fritztown Road, SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19608
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 6-foot portable step ladder when he lost his balance and fell to the floor. He suffered a dislocated finger, fractured vertebrae, and a fractured skull, requiring hospitalization.

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