# Fractures at Quality Erectors & Sheeters, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210980` · 12/22/2021 · COTTAGE GROVE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Erectors & Sheeters, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 Landmark Drive, COTTAGE GROVE, WISCONSIN, 53527
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 22, 2021, employees were using aerial lifts to install ceiling liner and panels. An employee was working from a raised aerial lift and leaned against the lift's door gate, then fell 8-10 feet to the dirt, gravel and snow-covered ground below. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their L2 and L4 vertebrae and lung lacerations. Fall protection was not attached at the time.

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