# Fractures at DECORATING ELVES INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181112160` · 11/28/2018 · SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA
## 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:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** DECORATING ELVES INC.
- **Location:** 873 Harbor Hill Drive, SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA, 34695
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 28, 2018, at approximately 1:45 PM, an employee was wrapping a tree with lights from a ladder at a residential location when a wind gust caused the employee to fall to the ground. He was hospitalized with an L1 back fracture.

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