# Fractures at BLOX, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025087833` · 8/8/2025 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** BLOX, LLC
- **Location:** 1000 Tyrone Blvd North, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33701
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 15-foot fixed ladder in a control room to check on an HVAC control on the roof. The employee's head struck a protruding obstruction, causing the employee to lose balance and fall to the concrete about 5 feet below. The employee landed on their back and neck and suffered a broken neck vertebra.

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