# Fractures at Resolute Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2018021850` · 2/23/2018 · FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Resolute Forest Products
- **Location:** 702 AFR Drive, FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, 26554
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 23, 2018, at approximately 3:00 a.m., an employee climbed a 24-foot extension ladder and tied off while replacing a camera. A second employee held the ladder below. The ladder was leaned against and supported by a metal plate/wall that keeps bales of paper on the opposite side.  After completing the work, the employee was on his way down the ladder when a bale of paper struck the opposite side of the metal plate. The deflection of the metal jarred the ladder, and the employee fell 4 to 5 feet to the concrete floor below, suffering a compound fracture to the left wrist and requiring hospitalization.

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