# Fractures at Rise Engineering Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021119790` · 11/11/2021 · ROCHESTER, 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rise Engineering Corp.
- **Location:** 16 Pine St., ROCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02770
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting up insulation while on an 8-foot step ladder when the ladder tipped over and the employee fell 5 feet, resulting in four broken ribs.

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