# Fractures at C Ward Electric, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191213156` · 12/24/2019 · BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** C Ward Electric, LLC
- **Location:** 9 Timothy Lane, BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06002
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a roof to install solar modules when he slipped and fell to the ground 10 feet below, fracturing a vertebra in his back.

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