# Fractures at Christ High and Sons, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024087860` · 8/26/2024 · COCHRANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Christ High and Sons, Inc
- **Location:** 2100 Glenville Road, COCHRANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19330
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing solar panels on the roof of a barn. They were utilizing a ladder to get off the roof when the ladder slipped. The employee and the ladder fell approximately 15 feet to the ground level. The employee sustained fractures to their left humerus, right wrist, and a rib.

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