# Fractures at Hart Engineering Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020054725` · 5/21/2020 · BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hart Engineering Corporation
- **Location:** Brockton Water Reclamation Facility, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02301
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell about 5 feet off an 8-foot step ladder to the ground while putting up fiberglass panels, fracturing an ankle and wrist.

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