# Fractures at Sanford USD Medial Center-Heart Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2018065914` · 6/15/2018 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanford USD Medial Center-Heart Hospital
- **Location:** 1305 West 18th Street, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57107
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder pulling cables through the ceiling when the employee lost balance and fell approximately 2 to 3 feet to the ground, fracturing a femur.

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