# Fractures at SRI Fire Sprinklers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017053936` · 5/1/2017 · STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** SRI Fire Sprinklers, LLC
- **Location:** 6900 main street, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06615
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After removing a pipe hanger from the ceiling, an employee was descending a fixed ladder when he misstepped and fell 11 feet to the concrete floor, breaking three vertebrae and requiring surgery.

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