# Fractures at Nedelco Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054881` · 5/14/2019 · AURORA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nedelco Inc.
- **Location:** 270 S 8th St, AURORA, NEBRASKA, 68818
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a self rescue operation as part of his annual recertification as a tower climber. The employee attempted to lower himself to the ground using the release mechanism on his climbing equipment.  When he was approximately 8 feet off the ground, he fell to the ground and landed on his back, fracturing his vertebrae.

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