# Fractures at Hahnel Brothers Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110455` · 11/9/2024 · WESTBROOK, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hahnel Brothers Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Mechanic Street, WESTBROOK, MAINE, 04092
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a ceiling grate when he dropped a tool. As he went to retrieve the tool, he fell from an 8-foot step ladder and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist.

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