# Fractures at Venture Solar
> OSHA SIR `2025010927` · 1/29/2025 · HILLSBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## 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 agricultural and garden machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Venture Solar
- **Location:** 36 Preston Street, HILLSBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03244
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to clear snow off a roof. The employee slipped off the ladder and fell 4 feet onto a snow blower machine that was on the ground. The employee sustained rib fractures on the right side and a laceration to the right arm and forearm.

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