# Fractures at Maxair Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109674` · 10/9/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Maxair Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 W. Peachtree Street 34th floor, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30308
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling a hanger in an overhead utility chase while on an 8-foot ladder. While he was descending the ladder, it kicked out, and he fell to the concrete floor, landing on his right hip and breaking his right femur. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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