# Fractures at ESCO Security
> OSHA SIR `2025032509` · 3/17/2025 · NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** ESCO Security
- **Location:** All American Pet Manufacturing, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17557
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder to look for a possible concrete wall opening to run a wire. The employee lifted up a ceiling tile and turned his torso to look at the area above the ceiling tiles. The ladder shifted and the employee fell approximately 4 feet to the concrete floor, striking their hip and lower back. The employee sustained a spinal fracture in their lower back.

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