# Fractures at Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065435` · 6/4/2018 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 11000 Seymour Ave., FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking an exhaust fan on the roof. While descending from the roof using the fixed ladder, he missed one of the ladder rungs and fell approximately four feet to the concrete floor. He broke his left hip/femur bone and was admitted to the hospital.

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