# Fractures at UGI Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2020010180` · 1/7/2020 · HUNLOCK CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UGI Energy Services
- **Location:** 390 Route 11, HUNLOCK CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA, 18621
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting on a ladder in a stairwell. The employee reached to paint a pipe and the ladder gave way. The employee fell approximately 5 feet and struck the stair railing on the way down, sustaining a fractured wrist and cuts to the front and back of the head.

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