# Fractures at NetCentric Technology, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098897` · 9/23/2024 · CANAVERAL AIR STATION, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NetCentric Technology, LLC
- **Location:** 4655 Samuel C. Phillips Parkway, CANAVERAL AIR STATION, FLORIDA, 32925
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 23, 2024, an employee was descending a fixed ladder after performing a routine inspection of an HVAC system. The employee lost their footing on the second rung from the bottom and fell approximately 21 inches to the ground, landing on their back. The employee sustained broken vertebrae in the neck and back resulting in hospitalization.

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