# Fractures at SOUTHERN STRUCTURES INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2025077224` · 7/24/2025 · OCALA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Roof surface
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHERN STRUCTURES INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 334 CYPRESS ROAD, OCALA, FLORIDA, 34472
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going up a ladder from the first level roof to the second level roof. The ladder slipped and the employee fell approximately 8 to 10 feet to the surface on the first level. The employee sustained fractures to three ribs and bruises on their arms and hands.

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