# Fractures at KMK Insulation Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129068` · 12/1/2015 · GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** KMK Insulation Inc.
- **Location:** 605 New England Road, GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06437
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While climbing a fixed metal ladder (ship's ladder) to the high roof of a high school building, an employee slipped and fell approximately 12 feet to the ground, landing on his back and fracturing two vertebrae.

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