# Fractures at Alvin H Butz Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021010098` · 1/5/2021 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alvin H Butz Inc
- **Location:** 824 Kern Street, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18018
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the second or third rung of a 6ft. bi-fold ladder pulling down the burned out remnants of an attic access ladder when one of the springs fell, striking the employee. The employee lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing his humerus.

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