# Fractures at New Jersey American Water
> OSHA SIR `20171010476` · 10/31/2017 · DELRAN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Coccygeal region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** New Jersey American Water
- **Location:** 213 Carriage Lane, DELRAN, NEW JERSEY, 08075
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an extension ladder power-washing a water tank when he fell and fractured his tailbone.

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