# Fractures at Belleville News Democrat
> OSHA SIR `2018088540` · 8/19/2018 · BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Belleville News Democrat
- **Location:** 11 Premier Dr., BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62221
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee leaned back and fell off a 5-foot fixed rail ladder while cleaning blankets on a printing press. He suffered a laceration to the right side of his forehead and two cracked ribs.

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