# Fractures at Weather Shield Building Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211110222` · 11/29/2021 · CIBOLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **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:** Weather Shield Building Products Inc.
- **Location:** 117 Cobalt CV, CIBOLO, TEXAS, 78108
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were each climbing 25-foot ladders spaced 20 feet apart while carrying a 20-pound piece of gutter between them. Employee 1 fell off the ladder to the ground below, landing on his back. He sustained back and rib fractures.

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