# Fractures at J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010412` · 1/15/2016 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Highland Avenue, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53792
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 6-foot stepladder, removing flex tubing from the ceiling level. He was pulling on the tubing when it gave way, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the concrete surface below. He broke his hip and elbow.

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