# Fractures at Rosedale Nurseries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088503` · 8/26/2025 · SCARSDALE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Hole in ground
## Employer
- **Name:** Rosedale Nurseries Inc.
- **Location:** 6 Heathcote Rd, SCARSDALE, NEW YORK, 10583
- **NAICS:** 111421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the tenth step of a three-legged, 14-foot pruning ladder to prune a holly tree. The front leg of the ladder entered a hole in the ground made by a rodent, causing the ladder to become unstable. The employee fell backward onto the ground, resulting in a fractured T12 vertebra.

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