# Fractures at Nash Plumbing and Mechanical, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211628` · 12/16/2024 · DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Nash Plumbing and Mechanical, LLC
- **Location:** 301 Memorial Medical Parkway, DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32117
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 20-foot job-made wooden ladder that was wet. As he approached 5 feet, his hands slipped off the ladder and he fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right femur that required hospitalization and surgery.

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