# Fractures at JW & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211591` · 12/6/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Coccygeal region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JW & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30306
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending an 8-foot ladder when she lost her footing and fell approximately 5 feet to the floor, breaking her tailbone.

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