# Fractures at TE Connectivity
> OSHA SIR `2024043530` · 4/23/2024 · MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TE Connectivity
- **Location:** 1311 South Market Street, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17055
- **NAICS:** 334417
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a fixed caged ladder to perform preventative maintenance on the roof and fell approximately 8 feet. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis and compression fractures to their L4 and L5 vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

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