# Fractures at Leech Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023053966` · 5/3/2023 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Leech Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 13144 Dickson Road, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 333514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder accessing a warehouse loft. When the employee went to step over the railing, the ladder fell and the employee fell into the safety railing. The employee sustained a sternum fracture.

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