# Fractures at Zoom Drain
> OSHA SIR `2025054531` · 5/14/2025 · WYNDMOOR, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Zoom Drain
- **Location:** 7806 Flourtown Avenue, WYNDMOOR, PENNSYLVANIA, 19038
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a ladder from a first-level roof to the ground so he could climb down it. He lost his balance and fell 12 feet, landing on the ladder and suffering a broken spine.

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