# Fractures at Tarwaters Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032428` · 3/12/2018 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tarwaters Inc.
- **Location:** 4107 NW Topeka Blvd., TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66617
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to grab a box overhead while on a step ladder when he lost his footing and the step ladder tipped over. He fell to the concrete floor, lacerating both elbows and breaking his left elbow. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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