# Fractures at Rocky Mountain Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2017010273` · 1/10/2017 · NYE, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocky Mountain Contractors
- **Location:** Mile marker, NYE, MONTANA, 59061
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the thermostat on a pole hauler truck. He was accessing the engine from the passenger side fender using a step ladder. As he was transitioning from the ladder to the fender, the ladder became unstable and the employee fell resulting in a fractured right femur.

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