# Fractures at Madison Window Cleaning Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015030324` · 3/26/2015 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Madison Window Cleaning Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 5003 Winnequah Rd., MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53716
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured while cleaning windows when the ladder he was climbing slipped out at the feet on a wet deck. The employee fell on his back onto the deck, suffering a fractured T-12 in his back and a mild head concussion. He was hospitalized overnight.

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