# Traumatic injuries to nerves, except the spinal cord, n.e.c. at Bianchi Painting Contractors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171212235` · 12/27/2017 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries to nerves, except the spinal cord, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Bianchi Painting Contractors, LLC
- **Location:** 8333 NE 36th Terrace, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32606
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on about the fifth rung of an 8-foot extension ladder while operating a pneumatic paint spray gun to paint the exterior of a residential, single-family home. The ladder shifted as the ladder support (leg) sank into the sandy ground surface, and the employee dismounted from the ladder and landed on the ground, striking his right hip. He suffered a nerve injury and was hospitalized.

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