# Fractures at DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076285` · 7/8/2017 · HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 367 Russell Street., HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01035
- **NAICS:** 451110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell off a ladder while trying to get merchandise down from a shelf, fracturing his lumbar vertebrae and requiring hospitalization.

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