# Fractures at Garney Companies, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20241211118` · 12/2/2024 · BRIGHTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Garney Companies, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1023 Judicial Center Drive, BRIGHTON, COLORADO, 80601
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 24-foot access ladder when his foot slipped approximately 10 rungs up and he fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his L1 vertebra and right heel.

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