# Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia at Neubert Staining, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017077261` · 7/31/2017 · WADSWORTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Neubert Staining, Inc.
- **Location:** 7679 Bear Swamp Road, WADSWORTH, OHIO, 44281
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting the peak in the front of a house from an extension ladder. The ladder slid out and hit the ground. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered broken vertebrae and paralysis.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*