# Herniated discs at Texas Window Cleaning Company
> OSHA SIR `2018043679` · 4/17/2018 · THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Window Cleaning Company
- **Location:** 17200 St. Lukes Way, THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, 77384
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder to move from one roof level to another when the bottom of the ladder slipped out, causing him to fall from about the halfway point of the ladder to the lower roof level. He landed on his back and ruptured a disk.

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