# Fractures at UNITHERM FURNACE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024010302` · 1/11/2024 · WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Beams and rails  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITHERM FURNACE COMPANY
- **Location:** 55 MAY ROAD, WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI, 63385
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a ladder, working on a furnace. A weld failed and a beam struck the ladder, causing the employee to fall. The employee fractured lumbar vertebrae L2 and L4.

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