# Fractures at Ferber Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109789` · 10/14/2020 · ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferber Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 2001 Kingsley Ave, ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA, 32073
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 14, 2020, an employee was installing ductwork from the third rung of an A-frame ladder. He fell to the floor 4 feet 9 inches below, landing on his back and suffering a cracked vertebra in his back. He was hospitalized.

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