# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Ahrens Companies
> OSHA SIR `2018021611` · 2/15/2018 · MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Ahrens Companies
- **Location:** 5100 NW 159th Street, MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, 33014
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending on a scissor lift to transfer insulation material. As the employee was climbing out of the scissor lift to the commercial roof, he fell 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a bruised liver and back pain.

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