# Fractures at W.E. Bowers Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211686` · 12/8/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** W.E. Bowers Inc.
- **Location:** Alexander Court, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20036
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing an overhead pipe while standing on an 8-foot step ladder. He lost his balance and fell from the ladder to the floor, breaking his left wrist and left ankle.

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