# Fractures at South State, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021054` · 2/5/2021 · WESTVILLE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Confined spaces, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** South State, Inc.
- **Location:** I-295 Bridge over Big Timber Creek, WESTVILLE, NEW JERSEY, 08093
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing pillars while on a ladder when they fell into a cofferdam below and had to swim to a ladder to exit the dam. The employee suffered a fractured leg.

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