# Fractures at IKEA
> OSHA SIR `2022108934` · 10/11/2022 · ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** IKEA
- **Location:** 1000 Ikea Dr, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07201
- **NAICS:** 442110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from an 8-foot A-frame ladder, repositioning a Wi-Fi box attached to a drop ceiling. As he pulled a ceiling tile toward himself, he lost his balance and fell back off the ladder. He suffered fractures to the ribs and back.

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