# Fractures at L. E. Schwartz & Son, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043771` · 4/19/2018 · ALBANY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** L. E. Schwartz & Son, Inc.
- **Location:** Building 5500 Walker Ave., ALBANY, GEORGIA, 31706
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a stepladder, slipped on the fourth rung and fell approximately four feet to the asphalt ground resulting in a broken right wrist and a bruised right hip.

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