# Fractures at ARD Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043764` · 4/19/2018 · LEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** ARD Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 690 NE Hathorne Ave, LEE, FLORIDA, 32059
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 19, 2018, at around 9:00 AM, an employee was standing on the tailgate at the back of his pickup truck trying to get something out when he slipped and fell backwards off the truck to the ground. The employee was admitted to the hospital due to a fractured vertebrae and compressed lower back disc.

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