# Fractures at Memorial Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `20231211400` · 12/14/2023 · PORT LAVACA, TEXAS
## 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:** Memorial Medical Center
- **Location:** 815 North Virginia Street, PORT LAVACA, TEXAS, 77979
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 6-foot ladder while fixing an air handler in the ceiling. The employee fell off the ladder to the floor, resulting in a fractured left rib.

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