# Fractures at Green Acre Construction
> OSHA SIR `2021076039` · 7/22/2021 · WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Green Acre Construction
- **Location:** 130 Pendula Court, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19380
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder from a roof. The ladder slipped out and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken L4 vertebra.

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