# Fractures at Orkin
> OSHA SIR `2024098158` · 9/3/2024 · BATAVIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Orkin
- **Location:** 1261 Secretariat Court, BATAVIA, OHIO, 45103
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting an attic when they stepped off a joist and fell through the ceiling to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured L2 vertebra.

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