# Fractures at Royal Foods Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032589` · 3/19/2020 · PELL CITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Royal Foods Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1620 19th Street, PELL CITY, ALABAMA, 35128
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After completing maintenance repairs above a finished product freezer, an employee was climbing down a self-supporting ladder to clean up the work area. The ladder shifted forward and caused the employee to lose balance and lean back against a wall. The shift in weight then caused the ladder to shift even further forward, away from the employee, and the employee fell an estimated 6 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee braced for the fall by reaching out his left arm and landed on his elbow. The elbow was fractured.

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