# Fractures at MSF ELECTRIC INC
> OSHA SIR `2015030922` · 3/2/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MSF ELECTRIC INC
- **Location:** 901 Hardy Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was standing halfway up a fold-down attic ladder, receiving instructions on what materials/equipment would be needed to fully repair the attic heater. While descending the ladder, the employee missed a step, fell, and fractured a vertebra in the thoracic area of the back.

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