# Fractures at Public Works Contractor, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076612` · 7/24/2023 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Public Works Contractor, Inc.
- **Location:** Naval Base 32nd St, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92136
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had been working on HVAC duct repair on a roof. The employee was descending a fixed ladder on the side of the building when he slipped on the fifth rung and fell approximately 5 feet to the grass. The employee sustained injury to their scapula and fractures to their clavicle and ribs.

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