# Fractures at Medicalodges Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054818` · 5/24/2020 · ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Medicalodges Inc.
- **Location:** 203 E Osage St., ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 67005
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the kitchen at a nursing home. The employee was on a two-step ladder to reach a pan on a top shelf when the employee lost balance and fell, fracturing the left femur.

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