# Fractures at US FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024010940` · 1/31/2024 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 10850 Ambassador Blvd, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63132
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about 5 feet up an un-extended extension ladder, working on the HVAC system of a walk-in cooler. The ladder kicked out backward from beneath the employee, who fell to the ground and suffered a broken left forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

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