# Fractures at M & B Asphalt Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075569` · 7/8/2021 · ALVADA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** M & B Asphalt Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 12137 U.S Route 224, ALVADA, OHIO, 44802
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 8, 2021, an employee was on an extension ladder under the silo attempting to tighten a pin located on the inside of the silo. The employee was accessing the pin through a pocket door. The employee was startled and jumped off the ladder landing on a stabilizer bar below. The employee sustained broken ribs.

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