# Fractures at Archer Western Construction
> OSHA SIR `2017043532` · 4/19/2017 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Archer Western Construction
- **Location:** 13700 S Douglas Blvd, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73165
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing pipe insulation from an extension ladder. As he started to descend from the fourth rung, he missed a rung and the ladder slipped. He fell to the floor and fractured his right hip.

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