# Fractures at Grunley Construction
> OSHA SIR `2022064981` · 6/9/2022 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Grunley Construction
- **Location:** 1501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20005
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 10-foot step ladder that was leaning against a wall. The employee was hanging a poly barrier when the ladder slipped, causing them to fall to the concrete below and suffer broken ribs.

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