# Fractures at REIC Specialty LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024109949` · 10/25/2024 · EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** REIC Specialty LLC
- **Location:** 1 American Dream, EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, 07073
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was uninstalling an air conditioning unit. He was working on a ladder to remove ducting and replaced the ceiling tile when he fell backward off the ladder and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a knee fracture.

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