# Fractures at Helmer's Fuel & Trucking Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076290` · 7/6/2020 · THENDARA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmer's Fuel & Trucking Inc.
- **Location:** Brich Street, THENDARA, NEW YORK, 13472
- **NAICS:** 424720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to paint a bulk propane storage tank while on a 16' ladder. The employee fell from the ladder onto the ground and sustained a broken pelvis, hip joint, and two ribs.

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