# Fractures at H.B. Fuller Construction Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019055176` · 5/22/2019 · GAINESVILLE, 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:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** H.B. Fuller Construction Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1913 nw 60TH lN, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32653
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 12-foot A-frame ladder inspecting an air leak on a discharge pipe. As the employee was descending the ladder, he accidentally opened a release valve, which released a powder-like substance onto his face; this caused him to lose balance and fall from the ladder to the ground.  He suffered broken ribs.

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