# Fractures at Whitaker Plumbing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211462` · 12/2/2017 · TYLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Whitaker Plumbing, Inc.
- **Location:** 11937 US Hwy. 271, TYLER, TEXAS, 75708
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to investigate a work area when the ladder moved. The employee then fell approximately 4 feet, landing on the concrete below and an empty 5-gallon bucket. The employee suffered broken wrists and vertebra.

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