# Fractures at Sims Crane & Equipment Co.
> OSHA SIR `2021076357` · 7/30/2021 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Straight ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sims Crane & Equipment Co.
- **Location:** 1901 Benchmark Avenue, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33905
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a straight ladder gathering equipment to be used at a jobsite. When they began descending the ladder, they fell 8 feet from the ladder to the ground below, resulting in fractured wrists, a fractured cheekbone, and a laceration on their hand.

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