# Fractures at Mr Bults Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018043412` · 4/9/2018 · EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Mr Bults Inc
- **Location:** 6755 Manlius Center Road, EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13057
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a J-hook on a trailer while standing on a 14-foot A-frame ladder when the employee slipped and fell from the fourth rung to the ground, suffering broken ribs and vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

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