# Fractures at Harper Building Systems
> OSHA SIR `2017088112` · 8/23/2017 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Harper Building Systems
- **Location:** UCF - Engineering Building, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32816
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell from an 8 foot ladder while working on the fan cool unit above the ceiling. The employee suffered a large laceration on the forehead above the left eye and a fractured C2 vertebrae.

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