# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at G & M Plumbing & Heating, INC
> OSHA SIR `2023109333` · 10/10/2023 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** G & M Plumbing & Heating, INC
- **Location:** 1781-1791 OLENTANGY RIVER ROAD, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43212
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 10-foot ladder using a torque wrench to fix a 2-inch cast iron vent line on the ceiling. The employee fell to the concrete floor and was hospitalized with injuries including fractured cervical vertebrae, a concussion, broken ribs, torn ligaments in the left shoulder, and a dislocation and laceration of the left ring finger.

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