# Fractures at Nationwide Children's Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2023032251` · 3/12/2023 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## 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:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nationwide Children's Hospital
- **Location:** 700 Childrens Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43205
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing plumbing work while on a ladder when they lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee fractured ribs.

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