# Fractures at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2019054575` · 5/5/2019 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
- **Location:** 1055 N Curtis Rd, BOISE, IDAHO, 83704
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a refrigerator unit while working from a ladder. He went to step down from the ladder, missed a step and fell 3 feet onto the concrete floor. He sustained right rib fractures.

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