# Fractures at MLD Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010610` · 1/22/2016 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MLD Services, LLC
- **Location:** Amli Covered Bridge Phase 2, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78736
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to install a venting pipe when his hand slipped off the ladder rung, causing him to fall backwards onto the second floor deck. He fell approximately 6 to 8 feet, fracturing his left arm and breaking three ribs.

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