# Fractures at Pacific Sheet Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20190910001` · 9/24/2019 · ASPEN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pacific Sheet Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 412 Pioneer Springs Ranch Road, ASPEN, COLORADO, 81611
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing snow retention on a roof from a 16-foot ladder. The employee fell from the ladder, breaking one to three vertebrae.

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