# Fractures at Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010126` · 1/4/2018 · FORT RILEY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.
- **Location:** Fort Riley Base, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 66442
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting pipe on a hanger rack using a ladder when the ladder shifted. The employee then fell 5 feet to the cement/concrete floor below and suffered a broken scalp, broken shoulder, and finger injuries, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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