# Fractures at Montrose Air Quality Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021011` · 2/2/2022 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Montrose Air Quality Services, LLC
- **Location:** 8318 Ashland Rd., GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a fixed ladder when they fell approximately 6 feet and landed on their tailbone. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae.

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