# Fractures at Kairos Development Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022065702` · 6/29/2022 · EAST POINT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kairos Development Corporation
- **Location:** 2675, EAST POINT, GEORGIA, 30344
- **NAICS:** 531312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was approximately 3 feet off the ground on a step ladder doing demolition work to a shed. A pipe broke loose from above and hit the ladder, knocking the employee off the ladder. He landed on a concrete slab and sustained a head injury and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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