# Fractures at Martin J Braun Mechanical Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2022010179` · 1/7/2022 · FORT GEORGE G MEADE, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin J Braun Mechanical Contractors
- **Location:** 9800 Savage Rd., R&E Bldg., FORT GEORGE G MEADE, MARYLAND, 20755
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was patching an overhead air duct from the third step of an 8-foot portable stepladder. The employee fell to the concrete floor and suffered a compound fracture to the left leg.

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