# Fractures at HOWLAND MACHINE CORP.
> OSHA SIR `20191111787` · 11/12/2019 · NILES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HOWLAND MACHINE CORP.
- **Location:** 947 SUMMIT, NILES, OHIO, 44446
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 12-foot ladder to change a light bulb. He was working from the fourth rung when he fell to the ground, suffering leg and heel fractures. He was hospitalized.

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