# Fractures at Marth Transportation, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024053798` · 5/1/2024 · SPENCER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Marth Transportation, Inc
- **Location:** 104424 Karau Avenue, SPENCER, WISCONSIN, 54479
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending the fixed ladder on an open-top trailer of wood chips when the top rung broke and they fell approximately eight feet to the ground. They sustained a fractured vertebra in their back.

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