# Fractures at The Overhead Door Co. of Chester and Delaware Countries
> OSHA SIR `2016065079` · 6/8/2016 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** The Overhead Door Co. of Chester and Delaware Countries
- **Location:** The Carlyle, 2031 Locust Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19103
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 8, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee sustained an electric shock while he was repairing an overhead garage door operator.  He then fell from the third rung of an 8-foot ladder, fracturing his vertebra and requiring overnight hospitalization.

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