# Fractures at Kohl's Department Store
> OSHA SIR `2015129323` · 12/9/2015 · MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohl's Department Store
- **Location:** 6444 Carlisle Pike, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17050
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 10-foot step ladder when a bar that holds clothes came loose. She lost her footing and fell 10 feet from the ladder to the concrete floor, breaking vertebrae in her neck and back.

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