# Fractures at U.S. Dept of the Air force 20th Space Command Squadron
> OSHA SIR `20191111916` · 11/15/2019 · EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept of the Air force 20th Space Command Squadron
- **Location:** Site C-6, EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA, 32542
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 10:30 on November 15, 2019, an employee was standing on a 6-foot stepladder, de-racking a 50-pound radar transmitter box. As the box was releasing from the housing rack, the rack's spring force moved the box with enough momentum to knock the employee off the stepladder to the floor. He suffered a laceration and a broken arm.

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