# Fractures at Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel Group LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010419` · 1/14/2022 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel Group LLC
- **Location:** 424 Blair Avenue, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 812332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to adjust the increasing temperature of a new instant steam heater. The ladder slid out from under him as he was three-quarters of the way up. The employee landed on top of the  ladder on his right side, resulting in broken ribs and injuries to the heel and ankle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*