# Fractures at Direct Energy Solar
> OSHA SIR `2016010730` · 1/25/2016 · EAST NORTHPORT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Direct Energy Solar
- **Location:** 18 Lorijean Lane, EAST NORTHPORT, NEW YORK, 11731
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing solar panels using a ladder. The ladder slid on the icy floor and the employee fell 10 feet and suffered multiple fractures.

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