# Fractures at AJ Rose Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2020054952` · 5/28/2020 · AVON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AJ Rose Manufacturing
- **Location:** 38000 Chester Road, AVON, OHIO, 44011
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 11:55 p.m. on May 28, 2020, an employee was replacing a light ballast from an extension ladder. The ladder slipped out from under him and he fell about 8 feet to the floor, suffering a fracture to the back, a left heel injury, and lacerations to the head and fingers.

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