# Fractures at Johnson Controls Fire Protection, LP
> OSHA SIR `2023076653` · 7/25/2023 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Johnson Controls Fire Protection, LP
- **Location:** 1800 Lombard Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19146
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a sensor replacement on an air-cooled chiller unit and went to sit on a 5-gallon bucket during a rest break. He experienced sudden stiffness in his left knee, causing him to fall backward and strike his back on a pipe hanger. The employee sustained three broken vertebrae in their lower back.

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