# Fractures at Illinois Institute of Technology
> OSHA SIR `2020098797` · 9/16/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Illinois Institute of Technology
- **Location:** 3241 S. Federal St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60616
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was approximately 4 feet above the ground on a 6-foot A-frame ladder using a drill to remove screws from an air handling unit vent when the drill kicked back. The employee lost balance and fell backward onto a concrete ledge, suffering a fractured skull, forehead cut, fractured heel, and hematoma.

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