# Fractures at Able Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `2016087175` · 8/3/2016 · BRICK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Able Mechanical
- **Location:** 1872 Route 88, BRICK, NEW JERSEY, 08724
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell to the ground as he was transitioning from a ladder to the roof, breaking ribs, fracturing vertebrae, and lacerating his head.

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