# Fractures at Crisafulli Bros. Plumbing & Heating Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054023` · 5/4/2023 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ducts
## Employer
- **Name:** Crisafulli Bros. Plumbing & Heating Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1270 Belmont Ave., SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12308
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing an old HVAC duct while standing on an A-frame ladder. The duct came loose and struck the ladder, causing the employee to fall to the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractured discs in their back.

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