# Fractures at Snell Air Conditioning, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098790` · 9/16/2016 · BOCA RATON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ducts
## Employer
- **Name:** Snell Air Conditioning, Inc.
- **Location:** 520 South Federal Hwy, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, 33432
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 9/16/2016, an employee was performing demolition work by cutting away metal ducts when suddenly the duct fell to where the employee was on a 12-foot ladder, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a tailbone.

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