# Fractures at Rebar Steel Corp
> OSHA SIR `2021098132` · 9/21/2021 · MASPETH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple pelvic region locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rebar Steel Corp
- **Location:** Corner of 54th Street and 71st Ave, MASPETH, NEW YORK, 11378
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable ladder to descend into a shaft. Both side rails of the portable ladder snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 22 feet to the concrete level below. The employee sustained lacerations on their head and multiple fractures to their hip and pelvis.

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