# Fractures at Core Insulation Contractors
> OSHA SIR `20231110530` · 11/15/2023 · ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Core Insulation Contractors
- **Location:** 1051 University St, ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS, 71999
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an 8-foot step ladder while wrapping insulation around an air duct. As he pulled a section of insulation around, the momentum caused him to fall approximately 4 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a compression fracture of the L1 vertebra.

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