# Fractures at Baptist Emergency Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2019021607` · 2/13/2019 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Baptist Emergency Hospital
- **Location:** 8230 N 1604 W, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78249
- **NAICS:** 621493
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a six-foot A-frame ladder to access TV wiring, when she lost her balance and fell to the floor, fracturing six ribs on her right side.

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