# Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia at HRGM Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025065655` · 6/13/2025 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HRGM Corporation
- **Location:** 800 Ingraham Street NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20011
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder while installing an air barrier on a window when he fell approximately 20 feet off the ladder, through the second-floor window, and onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and paralysis of the lower extremities.

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