# Fractures at Professional Building Systems
> OSHA SIR `2019043720` · 4/10/2019 · HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Professional Building Systems
- **Location:** 92 Bryant Rd., HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18431
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at approximately 11:00 AM, an employee was using a step ladder while fixing a piece of exterior siding on a modular home. The employee was at a height of approximately 4 to 6 feet when the ladder tipped and he fell to the ground on his left side. He was hospitalized with a fractured left pelvis.

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