# Fractures at J.R. Simplot Company
> OSHA SIR `2019010826` · 1/23/2019 · GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** J.R. Simplot Company
- **Location:** 3630 Gateway Drive, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, 58203
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, doing maintenance in a packaging area. The ladder twisted and/or collapsed, causing the employee to fall to the floor and suffer a broken pelvis.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*