# Soreness, swelling, inflammation at Streamline Painting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025066147` · 6/26/2025 · WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, swelling, inflammation
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Tarps, liners, wraps
## Employer
- **Name:** Streamline Painting, Inc.
- **Location:** 9505 W. 32nd Ave, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, 80033
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A subcontractor employee was on an aluminum extension ladder painting in the auditorium on a new carpet with a layer of protective film. The ladder slipped out and he fell approximately 10 feet. The employee struck his chin and chest on the ladder during the fall and sustained a laceration to the chin that required stitches, a bruise on the chest, and a swollen elbow. The employee was hospitalized for elbow surgery.

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