# Fractures at The Northeast Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109462` · 10/5/2020 · VERNON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Northeast Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 4 Park Street, VERNON, CONNECTICUT, 06066
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While using a battery powered reciprocating saw, an employee fell from a ladder to the floor. He fractured both wrists and was hospitalized.

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