# Fractures at Williams Insulation North
> OSHA SIR `2020054990` · 5/29/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams Insulation North
- **Location:** 5610 Patrick Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77078
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 12-foot A-frame ladder. A board he was working on broke away and he lost his balance and fell, landing on the concrete floor 7-8 feet below. He broke ankles, his hip, and a femur.

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