# Fractures at United States Cold Storage
> OSHA SIR `2024032086` · 3/7/2024 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Cold Storage
- **Location:** 15 EMERY STREET, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18015
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a six-foot A-frame ladder to access a drop ceiling when he lost his balance and fell off the ladder, fracturing his ribs. He was hospitalized.

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