# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Lanco Mechanicals
> OSHA SIR `2022032890` · 3/31/2022 · MYERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Lanco Mechanicals
- **Location:** 21 Deck Drive, MYERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17067
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an extension ladder on a garage. He hit his knee and fell onto stone 12 feet below. He suffered two broken thoracic vertebrae, lacerations to the back, a damaged lung, and paralysis of the legs. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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