# Fractures and burns at Trane U.S., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022075924` · 7/7/2022 · LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Trane U.S., Inc.
- **Location:** 1255 Vandenberg Dr Ste 138, LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, ARKANSAS, 72099
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 8, 2022 at 9:00 a.m., an employee was removing a flow meter located approximately 8.5 feet off the ground on a heated water system. The building was almost complete, so the heating and chilled water systems were operational. The employee was standing on the second rung from the bottom of the 6-foot A-frame ladder that was placed on a 6-foot concrete pad in the locked position. When the meter probe was removed, 180 F water under pressure struck the employee, causing him to fall backward off the ladder and resulting in a fractured ankle and hot water burns to both arms and his back.

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