# Fractures at Bolster-DeHart, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021338` · 2/12/2024 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bolster-DeHart, Inc.
- **Location:** 110 Hazersord Road, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15238
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 6-foot ladder. Their foot was caught on the second rung causing the employee to fall approximately 22 inches and sustain a hip fracture.

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