# Fractures at Sims Crane & Equipment Co.
> OSHA SIR `20201010163` · 10/26/2020 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cranes-other mobile cranes
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sims Crane & Equipment Co.
- **Location:** 1219 US Highway 301 N., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up the side access ladder of a mobile crane. He fell from the third step and his lower back struck the ground. He suffered two fractured lumbar vertebrae.

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