# Fractures at Trade 31
> OSHA SIR `2024076958` · 7/31/2024 · GEORGETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Trade 31
- **Location:** 9193 Hamer Rd, GEORGETOWN, OHIO, 45121
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing door hardware while on a 4-foot step ladder. They were getting off the ladder when they fell from the bottom rung and landed on the floor sustaining a broken left hip.

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