# Fractures at CBRE
> OSHA SIR `2018076628` · 7/2/2018 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CBRE
- **Location:** 4955 University Drive NW, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35816
- **NAICS:** 531210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 28-foot extension ladder, trying to reach a clogged gutter drain with an auger and gardening spade. While he had one foot on the gutter and one on the ladder, the ladder shifted and he fell to the ground. He suffered three fractured vertebrae, two compressed vertebrae, bruises to his arms, and a bruise to the back of his head.

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