# Fractures at NE Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098593` · 9/12/2016 · NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** NE Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 12516 East Lake Road, NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA, 16428
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a hunting tree stand on the business owner's property. He was standing on a ladder tightening a strap with a ratcheting tool. The strap broke as he was tightening it, causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately 6 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae.

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