# Fractures at Frank T Lutter Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022098567` · 9/28/2022 · PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
- **Secondary source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Frank T Lutter Inc
- **Location:** 301 Washington Road, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, 08540
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a 5-foot-tall masonry scaffold using the ladder on the side. His foot slipped on the rung and he fell backward from the ladder, landing on 1-inch PVC electrical conduits stubbed up out of the ground. A conduit broke a thoracic vertebra.

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