# Fractures at Schemel Companies, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20201212045` · 12/28/2020 · PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Schemel Companies, Inc
- **Location:** 3966 Pcr 806, PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI, 63775
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 6-foot ladder to remove a window contaminated with lead when they fell approximately 3-5 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured T7 vertebra.

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