# Fractures at HEPA Environmental Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210606` · 12/9/2021 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HEPA Environmental Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1670 Firestone Parkway, AKRON, OHIO, 44301
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 9, 2021, an employee was descending a 24-foot extension ladder when the ladder slid out from under the employee and the employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized.

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