# Fractures at CHARLES E. JARRELL CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20211210855` · 12/17/2021 · EARTH CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Tars, sealants, caulking, insulation, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CHARLES E. JARRELL CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 4208 RIDER TRAIL NORTH, EARTH CITY, MISSOURI, 63045
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A Charles E. Jarrell employee was on a 10-foot A-frame ladder, removing a hanger for refrigeration lines that had been hung from a concrete ceiling. Some of the fireproofing material that had been sprayed onto the ceiling and the refrigeration lines fell onto the employee's face, causing him to fall off the ladder and suffer a broken tibia.

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