# Fractures at L. Nothhaft & Son
> OSHA SIR `2020043918` · 4/28/2020 · FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** L. Nothhaft & Son
- **Location:** 2520 W 62nd Court, FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, 80221
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed 5 feet up a 10-foot ladder to tighten a coupler bolt when the employee fell to the ground, suffering a back injury with fractured vertebrae.

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