# Fractures at Irwin Steel Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111354` · 11/29/2017 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Irwin Steel Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 9000 Andrews Hwy, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79760
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder when it fell, causing the employee to ride it to the ground. The employee suffered a broken hip and jaw. The ladder was not 3 feet above the roof edge or tied off at the time of the incident.

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