# Fractures at Cornell University
> OSHA SIR `2018043158` · 4/2/2018 · ITHACA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cornell University
- **Location:** 341 Pine Tree Road, ITHACA, NEW YORK, 14850
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-installing ceiling tile from a ladder when the employee fell approximately 10 feet to the floor, suffering a spinal fracture, broken collarbone, and broken ribs.

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