# Fractures at Denver Winair Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024065614` · 6/24/2024 · ELIZABETH, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Straight trucks, box trucks
- **Secondary source:** Strapping, bands
## Employer
- **Name:** Denver Winair Co.
- **Location:** 30250 Ogalla Trail, ELIZABETH, COLORADO, 80107
- **NAICS:** 423730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While unloading a delivery truck, an employee was manually repositioning a 155-pound air conditioner attached to a pallet with plastic straps. The straps broke and the employee fell approximately 4 feet from the truck to the ground, resulting in a fractured left ankle and left elbow.

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