# Fractures at Postler and Jaeckle
> OSHA SIR `2016010704` · 1/25/2016 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Postler and Jaeckle
- **Location:** 145 Portland Avenue, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14621
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening bolts while standing on a 10-foot step ladder when the ladder tipped over. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete floor below, suffering skull, rib, and vertebra fractures.

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