# Fractures at Connecticut Lighting Centers
> OSHA SIR `2021075980` · 7/20/2021 · SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Connecticut Lighting Centers
- **Location:** 50 Grand Place, SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06489
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 20, 2021, an employee was climbing an 8-foot step ladder when he missed a rung and fell to the floor. He was admitted to the hospital for fractured ribs and a back injury.

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