# Fractures at Tradesmen International
> OSHA SIR `2016032012` · 3/7/2016 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tradesmen International
- **Location:** 2355 Raynolds Place SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20020
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an LV box overhead while standing 4 feet up on a 6-foot ladder when she fell off the ladder and fractured her ribs.

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