# Fractures at Autozone, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022119793` · 11/7/2022 · EATON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Autozone, Inc
- **Location:** 385 South Elm Road, EATON, COLORADO, 80615
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder removing an actuator from a shelf. While descending the ladder, the actuator slipped from the employee's hand, causing him to fall to the ground and onto the floor. The employee sustained rib fractures.

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