# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Caesars Atlantic City
> OSHA SIR `20221211192` · 12/27/2022 · ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Caesars Atlantic City
- **Location:** 2100 Pacific Avenue, ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, 08401
- **NAICS:** 721120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable step ladder to repair ceiling tiles in a kitchen when he lost his balance and fell 3.5 feet off the ladder. The employee struck a metal table before landing on the floor, resulting in five rib fractures and a possible head injury.

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