# Fractures at Electric Contracting Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087887` · 8/22/2016 · LAWRENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Contracting Company
- **Location:** 730 New Hampshire, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 66044
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot ladder hanging wire supports when he lost his balance, fell off the ladder, and struck the concrete floor, fracturing his elbow, hip, and vertebrae.

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