# Fractures at Ohio Edison Company
> OSHA SIR `2015074833` · 7/20/2015 · SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bees, hornets, wasps
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Edison Company
- **Location:** 420 York St., SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45505
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 20, 2015, an employee was climbing a fiberglass ladder to access a transformer when he was attacked by hornets.  While trying to quickly get off the ladder, he fell and broke his right arm and damaged his spleen.

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