# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at BROOKS WELDING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020088202` · 8/29/2020 · DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BROOKS WELDING, INC.
- **Location:** 311 Barrington Road, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31535
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 20-foot extension ladder. He fell from 16 feet up; his head struck a beam before he landed on the platform below, and he briefly lost consciousness. He was hospitalized, having suffered four cracked ribs, a cracked pelvic bone, a concussion, and a broken hand.

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