# Dislocations at Central Air and Heating Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024064851` · 6/3/2024 · ALTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Air and Heating Services Inc.
- **Location:** 803 S Los Ebanos Blvd, ALTON, TEXAS, 78573
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending an extension ladder with a small blower in his hand to access a roof when the ladder broke, causing the employee to fall about 10 feet to the grass below. The employee sustained a dislocation to their hip/pelvis.

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