# Fractures at Tidewater Utilities Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043737` · 4/23/2020 · MILLSBORO, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tidewater Utilities Inc.
- **Location:** Warwick Cove Wastewater Treatment Plant, MILLSBORO, DELAWARE, 19966
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder. The employee's foot got caught between two rungs; she lost balance and fell about 3 feet to the ground, suffering a broken right foot. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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