# Fractures at SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS
> OSHA SIR `2018032207` · 3/5/2018 · LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS
- **Location:** 2100 SE Blue Parkway, LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI, 64063
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing duct work from the fourth rung of an 8-foot ladder when it slipped out from under him and he fell to the floor, breaking vertebrae.

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