# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Swanson and Youngdale, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020043949` · 4/29/2020 · BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Septic tank or water tank interiors
## Employer
- **Name:** Swanson and Youngdale, Inc
- **Location:** 420 County Road 26, BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA, 58523
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing 8 to 10 feet up on a ladder inside a water tank applying tank coating when the employee fell to the metal bottom of the tank. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae, broken ribs, and a punctured neck.

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