# Fractures at Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning & General Contracting Of New Jersey LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065819` · 6/18/2025 · HAWORTH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning & General Contracting Of New Jersey LLC
- **Location:** 170 Madison Avenue, HAWORTH, NEW JERSEY, 07641
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending an extension ladder after cleaning the gutters on a residential building. The rung locks on the ladder unlatched, caused the extension to slide down, and the employee fell approximately 4-5 feet off the ladder and onto the driveway below. His head and neck then struck garden pavers that were 4 inches high, resulting in a fractured C6 vertebra.

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