# Fractures at Dairy Farmers of America
> OSHA SIR `2021021478` · 2/19/2021 · ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Dairy Farmers of America
- **Location:** 1325 WEST OXFORD AVENUE, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, 80110
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 2/19/2021, an employee was near the top of an extension ladder attempting to "blow out" a clogged milk line. There was ice on the floor where the ladder was standing. The ladder slipped on the ice, and the employee fell onto products/equipment, a concrete barrier pole, and the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left tibia, nose, left side ribs, and knee cap.

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