# Fractures at Pearl City Elevator, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020099288` · 9/30/2020 · PEARL CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(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:** Pearl City Elevator, Inc.
- **Location:** 119 S. Main St., PEARL CITY, ILLINOIS, 61062
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from an 8-foot stepladder, preparing a piece of plastic conduit to be glued. The spreader brace bowed, causing a rivet to fall. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken left tibia.

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