# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Master Home Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024098602` · 9/16/2024 · DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Master Home Services Inc
- **Location:** 27 Dexter St, DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 02026
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder completing pest control measures on the gutter of a home. The employee fell 32 feet from the ladder to the ground and sustained a fractured wrist, a dislocated shoulder, and a chest injury. The employee was hospitalized.

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