# Fractures at Alpine Lumber
> OSHA SIR `20181212580` · 12/7/2018 · BROOMFIELD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpine Lumber
- **Location:** 13943 Gunnison Way, BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, 80020
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down into a basement egress window using a 6-foot A-frame ladder between the bottom of the window and the floor. He was on the second step from the bottom and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a hip fracture.

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