# Fractures at Douglass Colony Group
> OSHA SIR `20181010953` · 10/23/2018 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
## Employer
- **Name:** Douglass Colony Group
- **Location:** 1750 Wewatta Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80202
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing flashing on a 19th level balcony when he lost his balance and fell backwards off the fourth rung of a ladder, hitting the balcony landing and fracturing his lower vertebra. He was hospitalized.

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