# Fractures at HENDERSON JOHNSON CO, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022032333` · 3/15/2022 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HENDERSON JOHNSON CO, INC.
- **Location:** 2600 Manitou Road, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14623
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from the boom basket of an aerial lift. As he lowered the lift, the boom landed on a metal standpipe. The water hose and nozzle at the standpipe's top rim broke under the weight of the boom; the boom shifted and dropped the basket to the ground 12-18 inches below. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

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