# Multiple traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord at RJ MECHANICAL INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020076916` · 7/22/2020 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RJ MECHANICAL INC.
- **Location:** 2100 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35203
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to install plumbing test plugs on a second level. Once the employee had ascended to the top of the ladder, it collapsed and the employee fell to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with spinal injuries and broken bones in his feet.

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