# Fractures at Kuhlman Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032947` · 3/27/2018 · GOLDEN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kuhlman Inc.
- **Location:** 17735 W. 32nd Ave., GOLDEN, COLORADO, 80401
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a portable ladder to install an industrial refrigeration unit using a handheld grinder. He lost his footing and fell approximately 2 feet from the ladder, striking the ground and breaking a rib.

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