# Fractures at Wm. T. Spaeder Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054333` · 5/27/2021 · CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wm. T. Spaeder Co., Inc.
- **Location:** SCI Cambridge Springs, CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA, 16403
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were lowering a 6-foot, 8-inch section of pipe to the ground with a come-along. The pipe slipped out of the rigging and struck a 6-foot stepladder one of the employees was standing on. The employee fell to the ground, suffered a skull fracture, and was hospitalized.

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