# Fractures at American Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2024031948` · 3/3/2024 · PITTSBURGH, 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:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Building Products
- **Location:** 433 Hartwood Trail, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15238
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing spray foam insulation from the fourth rung of a step ladder. He lost his balance and fell off the ladder, landing on the ground below and suffering seven broken ribs.

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