# Fractures at Kirkland's
> OSHA SIR `2016088028` · 8/26/2016 · CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple back regions
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kirkland's
- **Location:** 86A THF Blvd, CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI, 63005
- **NAICS:** 442299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 8/26/2016 at 1:45 p.m. an employee was descending an 8 foot ladder when she lost her balance on the 3rd rung from the top and fell to the floor. She suffered compression fractures of the T12 and L3 vertebrae.

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