# Fractures at F.W. Webb Company
> OSHA SIR `2022032361` · 3/16/2022 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** F.W. Webb Company
- **Location:** 1665 East Race St., ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18109
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down an 8-foot A-frame step ladder. His safety shoe became wedged in one of the steps and he fell backward to the floor, suffering two compression fractures.

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