# Fractures at NDH Service - Air Conditioning & Heating
> OSHA SIR `2023065202` · 6/13/2023 · THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** NDH Service - Air Conditioning & Heating
- **Location:** 2520 Research Forest Drive, THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, 77380
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A service technician mis-stepped while climbing a fixed ladder and fell approximately 5 to 6 feet. He sustained fractures to the back and ribs and was hospitalized.

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