# Fractures at The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
> OSHA SIR `2024065168` · 6/11/2024 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
- **Location:** 122 N 22nd Ave, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65817
- **NAICS:** 524126
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee completed an inspection of an insured property's roof for hail damage. As he was getting on the ladder to descend from the roof, he fell approximately 10-12 feet and landed on his back on the concrete ground. The employee sustained 10 fractured ribs (4-5 displaced) and 5 transverse process fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

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