# Fractures at Nelson Insulation Company
> OSHA SIR `2018055268` · 5/30/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelson Insulation Company
- **Location:** 33rd floor,1 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60603
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an 8-foot A-frame ladder taping insulation to a duct. His shirt got caught on something and as he tried to wiggle free, he lost balance and fell off the ladder feet first. The impact with the ground fractured the employee's left foot.

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