# Fractures at Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099279` · 9/7/2018 · BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 22 East Dudley Town Rd, BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06002
- **NAICS:** 4413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 7, 2018, an employee fell from a 6-foot step ladder while cutting wiring in a test unit, suffering a fractured skull, broken ribs, and a back injury that required hospitalization.

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