# Fractures at Federal Aviation Administration
> OSHA SIR `2021032386` · 3/20/2021 · THE PLAINS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Aviation Administration
- **Location:** 3804 Bull Run Mountain Road, THE PLAINS, VIRGINIA, 20198
- **NAICS:** 488111
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was descending a fixed ladder on the back of an antenna inside a radome. He fell from the ladder to the radome deck about 12 feet below. He suffered a broken heel and a broken rib.

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