# Fractures at Derrick Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021053931` · 5/13/2021 · CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Sidewalk, path, outdoor walkway-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Derrick Corporation
- **Location:** 590 Duke Road, CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, 14225
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 6-foot fiberglass ladder to hang a banner above an entry door. After he completed work on the banner, he descended the ladder and was approximately four feet high when he lost his balance and fell onto the entryway. The employee sustained a fractured L1 vertebra.

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