# Fractures at George Lay Signs Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011238` · 10/29/2019 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** George Lay Signs Inc.
- **Location:** 1016 N. Waco, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67203
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a step ladder when she lost her balance and fell to the floor, suffering a compression fracture of the L1 vertebra.

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