# Fractures at Fresh Meadow Mechanical Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2025076359` · 7/1/2025 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fresh Meadow Mechanical Corp.
- **Location:** JFK International Airport Co-generation Plant, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11430
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting while on an A-frame ladder when he lost his balance and fell approximately 3 feet, landing on his right side on the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to his right knee and was hospitalized.

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