# Fractures at Karchner Logistics & Distribution Services
> OSHA SIR `2020010962` · 1/29/2020 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Karchner Logistics & Distribution Services
- **Location:** 425 Jaycee Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 488999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 10-foot extension ladder to hang a sign in the warehouse.  The ladder slipped out from under the employee, who fell to the ground and suffered from a partial fracture to the spine. The employee was hospitalized.

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