# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Biddick, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077575` · 7/26/2018 · LIVINGSTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Biddick, Inc.
- **Location:** 11623 State Road 80, LIVINGSTON, WISCONSIN, 53554
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a step ladder to repair a hole on a shipping container. While climbing down the 8-foot step ladder to retrieve a new battery for the grinder, the ladder and the employee fell to the ground below. The employee sustained a concussion and fracture of the spine.

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