# Fractures at F M Brown's Sons Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20181212678` · 12/11/2018 · SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** F M Brown's Sons Incorporated
- **Location:** 205 Woodrow Avenue, SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19608
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder on a rail car and missed a rung, falling backwards approximately 8 feet to the ground and fracturing the left wrist and tail bone.

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