# Fractures at Sutherlands Lumber Company of Kansas City, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054670` · 5/19/2025 · FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS
## 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:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Sutherlands Lumber Company of Kansas City, LLC
- **Location:** 1511 East Main St., FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS, 78624
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a three-rung step ladder to make room for stock. He fell as he was coming down the ladder and struck the beam of a rack, resulting in three broken ribs.

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