# Fractures at Seven Brothers Painting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010917` · 10/18/2019 · FREMONT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Seven Brothers Painting, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 Cedar St., FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 18, 2019, an employee was using an access ladder to access another level of a water tower to remove tools. He stepped off of the ladder onto a ceiling that he thought was a platform. He fell through the acoustic ceiling approximately 15' to the ground, fracturing his lower spine.

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