# Fractures at Top Shelf Painting
> OSHA SIR `2021043483` · 4/27/2021 · WEST NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Top Shelf Painting
- **Location:** 78 Fallmouth Road, WEST NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02465
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured when the extension ladder he was working on slipped out from underneath him.  The employee suffered broken ribs.

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