# Fractures at GEORGIA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023042960` · 4/4/2023 · DAWSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GEORGIA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATES, INC.
- **Location:** 420 Johnson St. SE, DAWSON, GEORGIA, 39842
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a hot water heater located in the attic of a new industrial building. The employee descended the attic on a fold-down ladder when he fell approximately 9 feet to the cement floor, resulting in a fractured L1 vertebra.

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