# Fractures at Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010204` · 10/3/2018 · FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 675 Redding Road, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06824
- **NAICS:** 524291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 3, 2018, an employee stepped down onto an extension ladder from a roof and lost his balance. He fell about 8 feet onto a front porch's wooden rail, then onto the ground. He suffered four broken ribs and scraped his arms.

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