# Fractures at Atlantic Power Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010320` · 10/5/2018 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ducts
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlantic Power Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 90 Fort Adams Dr., NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 33341
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a ladder in a stairway, holding ductwork that was being lifted into place. While attempting to secure the duct work, it slipped loose from its collar on the wall and struck the employee, knocking him off the ladder to the ground. He suffered fractured vertebrae in his neck.

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