# Fractures at Jacob and Mary Abdalla Family Properties, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2015129740` · 12/27/2015 · OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Jacob and Mary Abdalla Family Properties, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 945 Crestwell Lane, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA, 70570
- **NAICS:** 53
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 20 foot extension ladder to apply bird repellant underneath of a store awning when he fell backwards approximately 15 feet and landed on his back. The fall caused a fracture to his spine in the mid to lower lumbar region.

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