# Fractures at E. C. Stokes Mechanical Contractor, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022109390` · 10/26/2022 · JUPITER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** E. C. Stokes Mechanical Contractor, Inc
- **Location:** Jupiter Medical Center, JUPITER, FLORIDA, 33458
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending a job-made ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground. The employee sustained compression fractures of three lumbar vertebrae.

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