# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018076756` · 7/6/2018 · LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 45 Ashley Way, LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 19533
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing the fixed ladder of an open top dumpster when he fell backwards and struck his head on the concrete ground, suffering a concussion and broken tailbone.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*