# Fractures at American Axle & Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2020043979` · 4/30/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Axle & Manufacturing
- **Location:** 328 W. 40th Place, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 336350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was approximately 36 inches up on a ladder removing conduit from beneath a catwalk when the base of the ladder kicked out. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a displaced fracture to the right humerus, requiring hospitalization.

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