# Fractures at All Building & Maintenance
> OSHA SIR `2022087574` · 8/25/2022 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** All Building & Maintenance
- **Location:** 525 NE 7th St Fort Lauderdale, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33301
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 26-inch ladder to install door hardware when he fell to the ground, resulting in a compound fracture to his forearm that required surgery.

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