# Fractures at THE HVAC STORE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054779` · 5/26/2017 · KEY LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** THE HVAC STORE, INC.
- **Location:** 96000 Overseas HWY, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, 33037
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder trying to access the roof when he slipped and fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below, fracturing three vertebrae, his nose, his skull, and a wrist.

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