# Fractures at Spartech, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010072` · 1/3/2018 · STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Straight ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Spartech, LLC
- **Location:** 69 Southfield Avenue, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06902
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed a 14-foot straight ladder in a utility space to reach and close a compressed air supply shut-off valve. As he was reaching out, the ladder kicked out from beneath him and he fell approximately 10 feet to the floor, landing on and fracturing his right hip.

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