# Fractures at First Energy Solutions
> OSHA SIR `20191111879` · 11/14/2019 · SHIPPINGPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** First Energy Solutions
- **Location:** 128 Ferry Hill Road, SHIPPINGPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 15077
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk, about 10 feet high. When the employee opened a hopper door, ash flew out of the hopper and created a plume. While climbing down a permanent 10-foot ladder, the employee fell and suffered a broken femur.

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