# Fractures at Everglades National Park
> OSHA SIR `2023032164` · 3/8/2023 · HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Everglades National Park
- **Location:** 1 Flamingo Lodge Highway, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33034
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a portable ladder to inspect the top of a water tank when the ladder and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left arm and an injury to the left elbow.

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