# Fractures at Invagen Pharmaceuticals
> OSHA SIR `2019088418` · 8/15/2019 · CENTRAL ISLIP, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Invagen Pharmaceuticals
- **Location:** 550 South. Research Place, CENTRAL ISLIP, NEW YORK, 11722
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder when it slipped and the employee fell. The employee suffered a broken back.

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