# Fractures at Saint Louis University
> OSHA SIR `2024109504` · 10/11/2024 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Saint Louis University
- **Location:** 3547 Olive Street, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63103
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 4-foot ladder when he fell at the third step. He landed on the floor, briefly lost consciousness, and suffered multiple rib fractures as well as contusions to the left hip, left elbow, and left ring finger.

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