# Fractures at Sessler Environmental Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065372` · 6/20/2022 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sessler Environmental Services, LLC
- **Location:** 30 West Broad Street, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14614
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from an 8-foot A-frame ladder, removing braces holding ductwork. As the employee removed a brace on one side, the brace on the other side failed and the ductwork swung down. It struck the ladder, which fell over. The employee fell with the ladder and suffered a broken wrist and upper arm.

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