# Fractures at David Utz Contracting
> OSHA SIR `2025066252` · 6/29/2025 · VILLA RIDGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** David Utz Contracting
- **Location:** 3210 Old Highway 100, VILLA RIDGE, MISSOURI, 63089
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee finished an inspection. He was coming down a ladder when the bottom of the ladder kicked out, causing him to fall. The employee sustained a fractured T12 vertebra and was hospitalized.

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