# Fractures at Sensory Effects Powder Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087586` · 8/18/2023 · MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sensory Effects Powder Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 211 E. Depot Street, MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54449
- **NAICS:** 311930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 18, 2023, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was cleaning an overhead drain line while on a 6-foot A-frame ladder. The employee was descending the ladder when they slipped and the ladder frame shifted. The employee then fell to the ground below, resulting in two fractured vertebrae.

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