# Fractures at MIDWEST LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021031914` · 3/3/2021 · BEATRICE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWEST LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 3600 NORTH 6TH ST., BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, 68310
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 6 ft. stepladder removing wiring from a suspended ceiling. The employee fell from the third rung of the ladder, approximately 3 feet, to the tile floor, resulting in 3 broken ribs and a hip fracture.

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