# Fractures at HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
> OSHA SIR `2015096591` · 9/9/2015 · HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** 1000 HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE, HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, 11549
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the third step of a ladder tightening a plug on a boiler unit. He slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the floor, lacerating his head, breaking a bone in his back, dislocating his right big toe, and bruising his elbow. He was hospitalized.

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