# Fractures at ARCELOR MITTAL
> OSHA SIR `2019088342` · 8/13/2019 · STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ARCELOR MITTAL
- **Location:** 215 SOUTH FRONT STREET, STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17113
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down from the bottom rung of a portable ladder that was leaned against a segment of a caster on a transport car. While dismounting the ladder, the employee lost balance and fell approximately 3' 2" to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae in the back and required surgery.

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