# Fractures at BCI Exteriors inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021548` · 2/16/2017 · OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nail guns-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** BCI Exteriors inc.
- **Location:** 1804 Linden Ct, OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN, 53066
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an extension ladder installing shingles on the roof. The employee was using a nail gun when the hose became tangled. The employee pulled on the hose and fell approximately 5 to 6 feet from the ladder to the ground, breaking vertebrae.

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