# Fractures at Steinbrecher Painitng Company
> OSHA SIR `2020010989` · 1/30/2020 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Steinbrecher Painitng Company
- **Location:** 215 North Broadway Street, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58102
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder installing plastic material over an I-beam before starting to paint. The employee fell off the ladder and sustained two broken wrists and injuries to his back.

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