# Fractures at Imperial Painting & Coatings LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021250` · 2/8/2023 · GLADSTONE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Imperial Painting & Coatings LLC
- **Location:** 1040 Pottersville Road, GLADSTONE, NEW JERSEY, 07934
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up the ladder to paint trim when the ladder kicked backward. The employee fell and sustained a spine fracture.

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