# Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at PDM Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065197` · 6/15/2022 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PDM Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2335 Parkway Boulevard, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18104
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking measurements while on an extension ladder. The employee fell approximately 10-12 feet to the ground in an elevator pit and sustained a ruptured spleen and broken orbital bone.

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