# Fractures at Franzoso Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111429` · 11/1/2019 · WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
## Employer
- **Name:** Franzoso Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 7 Ethelridge Road, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, 10605
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been inspecting a roof line from a ladder. As the employee climbed down the ladder, the ladder's base gave out and the employee fell onto a porch roof and deck. The employee suffered a compression fracture to a back vertebra.

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