# Fractures at Goodwill Store
> OSHA SIR `2024021861` · 2/29/2024 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodwill Store
- **Location:** 621 Hepburn Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a step ladder and missed the last rung. He fell to the floor and struck his ribs on a 4x4 block of wood that was on the floor, resulting in three broken ribs.

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