# Fractures at Buffalo Lodging Associates, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098548` · 9/27/2022 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Buffalo Lodging Associates, LLC
- **Location:** 220 Delaware Ave., BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14202
- **NAICS:** 561110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a heat pump filter in a guest room while standing on the third rung of a 4-foot step ladder. He fell backward from the ladder, landing on both it and the ground, and suffered a broken right leg and a bruised right elbow.

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