# Fractures at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2024098263` · 9/5/2024 · STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 605 North 3rd Avenue, STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN, 54235
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 5, 2024, an employee was working from a ladder and aligning the top plate on a module when he lost his balance and fell 12-15 feet from the ladder through the opening of the module to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration on his head and three fractured ribs.

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