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Jorma Taccone Suffers Major Injuries in 20-Foot Fall, Begins Post-Surgery Recovery

Doctors expect him to walk again within three to six months.

Overview

  • He fell from a ladder at his Connecticut farmhouse while painting a barn and hanging lights for his daughter’s fifth birthday.
  • He reported a shattered left-side pelvis, a detached sacrum, a broken L5 vertebra, and a damaged disc.
  • He has undergone surgery and says he will enter acute rehabilitation, with additional procedures discussed by his care team.
  • He recounted the accident from his hospital bed on The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers podcast, calling himself “insanely lucky.”
  • He said the ladder was a borrowed “very rickety” one his neighbor had warned against using, prompting renewed safety reminders from coverage and supporters.