# Multiple types of injuries to the brain, spinal cord at Tesla, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021390` · 2/14/2024 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of injuries to the brain, spinal cord
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Location:** 2301 Scarborough Drive, Suite 340, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a ladder to access a roof to install conduit pipes when the ladder slipped on patio tile and came out from under him, causing him to fall approximately 8 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a spinal fracture and brain bruising.

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