# Fractures at Murphy Co. Mechanical Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2024021185` · 2/7/2024 · LOUISVILLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Murphy Co. Mechanical Contractors
- **Location:** 1450 Infinite Dr, LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, 80027
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 10-foot step ladder, using a reciprocating saw to cut a piece of ductwork. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor and was hospitalized, having suffered a broken collarbone and two broken ribs.

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