# Fractures at Wausau Homes Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024076567` · 7/18/2024 · ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Wausau Homes Inc
- **Location:** 10805 Business Highway, ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN, 54474
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder as an exterior wall was loaded and placed onto a trailer. The load shifted from an overhead crane and pushed the ladder, making it unstable and causing the employee to fall. The employee suffered fractured ribs and bruising.

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