# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Jetco, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2021075616` · 7/9/2021 · CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Jetco, Ltd
- **Location:** 1015 W. Lies Road, CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, 60188
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was descending a fixed ladder in the base cone of a spheroidal design water tower. Another employee above him was lowering a plastic, 5-gallon bucket full of tools with a rope. The handle on the bucket broke and the bucket and its contents fell on the injured employee causing him to let go of the ladder and fall approximately 10-12 feet to the lower level. The injured employee sustained fractured vertebrae, a concussion, and lacerations to the face and head.

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