# Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified at Sun Environmental Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2023054232` · 5/11/2023 · KING FERRY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sun Environmental Corp.
- **Location:** Willet Dairy, KING FERRY, NEW YORK, 13081
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the eleventh rung of a 28-foot extendable ladder when they fell 11 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained spinal vertebral fractures, a spinal cord injury, and nerve damage to the intestines.

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