# Fractures at Talen Energy
> OSHA SIR `2021021341` · 2/13/2021 · COLSTRIP, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Talen Energy
- **Location:** 580 Willow Avenue, COLSTRIP, MONTANA, 59323
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 3 feet from a ladder to the ground and was hospitalized for a compression fracture of the L2 vertebra.

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