# Fractures at Selby & Smith
> OSHA SIR `2019088787` · 8/23/2019 · LATHAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Selby & Smith
- **Location:** North Colonie Jr High School, LATHAM, NEW YORK, 12110
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder installing a nut and bolt overhead when he fell 5 feet off the ladder to the concrete floor, hitting his head and fracturing his skull.

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