# Fractures at Sodexo at Ohio Dominican University
> OSHA SIR `2023054459` · 5/18/2023 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sodexo at Ohio Dominican University
- **Location:** 1216 Sunbury Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43219
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a 6-foot height on a ladder, replacing a window vent on a greenhouse. The ladder shifted and fell; the employee fell with it, then landed on it as he hit the ground. He suffered a bruise to the left forearm and his hip was broken in multiple places. He was hospitalized.

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