# Fractures at Welded Construction
> OSHA SIR `2018055318` · 5/31/2018 · GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Welded Construction
- **Location:** 1307 Wheeling Ave, GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26038
- **NAICS:** 486210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed the ladder on the back of a water truck to load water into the truck using a fire hose. When the water to the hose was turned on, the employee was startled by the pressure and fell back off of the ladder. The employee fell 7 feet to the ground, suffering a left-side skull fracture, left rib fracture, and L4 vertebra process fracture.

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