# Fractures at Hazeltine Nurseries, INC
> OSHA SIR `2021021001` · 2/4/2021 · VENICE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Coccygeal region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hazeltine Nurseries, INC
- **Location:** 1000 Laguna Drive, VENICE, FLORIDA, 34285
- **NAICS:** 424930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a closed A-frame ladder that was leaning against a truck when they fell about 6 feet from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a possible tailbone fracture.

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