# Fractures at Amber Llight Electtric Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129810` · 12/30/2015 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Amber Llight Electtric Inc.
- **Location:** 1522 Boone Ave. Bldg. 1A, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10460
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An electrician leaned an unopened, 8-foot A-frame ladder against a wall.  He climbed the unopened ladder, over reached, lost his balance, and fell. 
He was treated for four hairline fractures to his vertebrae.

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