# Fractures at 1 Priority Environmental Services
> OSHA SIR `20171211675` · 12/8/2017 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Construction debris
## Employer
- **Name:** 1 Priority Environmental Services
- **Location:** Caprock Shopping Center, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79413
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder cutting a ceiling grid down from the ceiling. As he snipped a wire, a portion of the ceiling fell and swung, hitting the ladder. The ladder started falling, and the employee put his right arm out to break his fall. When he hit the ground, he broke his right wrist.

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