# Fractures at Halifax Plumbing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010313` · 10/4/2018 · ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Halifax Plumbing Inc.
- **Location:** 535  Wingspan Dr., ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, 32173
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 12-foot A-frame ladder, working on a plumbing fixture in a home under construction. He fell off the ladder, striking his head on the concrete floor. He suffered a head laceration and broken ribs, and was hospitalized.

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