# Fractures at AVISTA CORP
> OSHA SIR `2024021876` · 2/29/2024 · KELLOGG, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Weather, atmospheric conditions  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AVISTA CORP
- **Location:** 911 S division, KELLOGG, IDAHO, 83837
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking the sag out of a distribution line connecting to the mass on a house. They fell from a ladder to the ground in wet conditions and cracked five ribs.

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