# Fractures and dislocations at Rent-A-Center
> OSHA SIR `2015096468` · 9/3/2015 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Rent-A-Center
- **Location:** 3226 SW 35th Blvd, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32608
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot A-ladder, looking over the company van, when he fell 3.5 feet to the ground. He dislocated his right knee and broke his left elbow, requiring surgery.

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