# Fractures at Eaton Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171211957` · 12/16/2017 · KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Eaton Corporation
- **Location:** 4200 Hwy 30 East, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, 68847
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder when her knee gave out and she fell to the floor, fracturing her lower vertebrae.

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