# Fractures at ECRI Institute
> OSHA SIR `2017076962` · 7/25/2017 · PLYMOUTH MEETING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ECRI Institute
- **Location:** 5200 Butler Pike, PLYMOUTH MEETING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19462
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a computer cable in the ceiling while working from a ladder. While he was putting the ceiling tile back in place, he slipped and fell to the floor, breaking ribs and his back.

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