# Fractures at MCKAMISH, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020076995` · 7/24/2020 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MCKAMISH, INC.
- **Location:** Penn Window Building, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15201
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a portable ladder changing out a compressor for an air handler. The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground about 5 feet below, suffering a spinal fracture in the lower back.

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