# Fractures at AMERICAN RAMP COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20221110409` · 11/29/2022 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN RAMP COMPANY
- **Location:** 102 S. Joplin Ave, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 339920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder about 15 feet high untying curtains from a window. The ladder slipped and he fell to the floor, sustaining bilateral arm fractures that required hospitalization and surgery.

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