# Fractures at Christiana Care Health System
> OSHA SIR `2018088778` · 8/24/2018 · NEWARK, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Christiana Care Health System
- **Location:** 4755 Ogeltown-Stanton Road, NEWARK, DELAWARE, 19718
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending from a 6-foot ladder when he missed the second step from the bottom and fell to the floor, landing on and breaking his hip.

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