# Fractures at Gamestop
> OSHA SIR `20171212185` · 12/23/2017 · POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Gamestop
- **Location:** 1955 South Road, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, 12601
- **NAICS:** 451120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/23/2017, an employee was in front of the store hanging a banner while standing on a 6-foot ladder. He was then descending the ladder when it tipped sideways. He fell onto the sidewalk, fracturing his left tibia, fibula, wrist, and elbow. He was hospitalized.

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