# Fractures at Collins and Company
> OSHA SIR `2019065628` · 6/4/2019 · BETHANY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Collins and Company
- **Location:** 4 & 21 Meyers Road, BETHANY, CONNECTICUT, 06524
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 24-foot extension ladder when the ladder's metal feet slid on the smooth concrete floor and the employee fell about 8 feet to the floor. In striking the floor and the ladder, he suffered a broken wrist.

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