# Fractures at Norfolk Coating Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024054431` · 5/20/2024 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Norfolk Coating Services, LLC
- **Location:** 750 W Berkley Ave, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was ascending the ladder on a blast pot, lost balance on the second rung of the ladder, and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a femur fracture.

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