# Fractures at Bluewater of South Florida
> OSHA SIR `2025010424` · 1/14/2025 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bluewater of South Florida
- **Location:** Star Coral Drive, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33918
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using the 4-foot ladder of an excavator to replace a hydraulic element on the excavator. They were climbing down the ladder when they fell 4 feet onto their side on the ground, resulting in a broken shoulder.

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