# Fractures at Greencastle of Palatine
> OSHA SIR `2025021291` · 2/10/2025 · PALATINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Greencastle of Palatine
- **Location:** 450 E. Baldwin Road, PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60074
- **NAICS:** 531311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a two-step ladder when they missed the first step and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

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