# Fractures at GMA ELECTRICAL CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2017021121` · 2/4/2017 · EAST ELMHURST, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GMA ELECTRICAL CORP.
- **Location:** 75-20 Astoria Blvd., EAST ELMHURST, NEW YORK, 11370
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell off a ladder while installing a light fixture in a suspended ceiling, fracturing vertebrae and requiring hospitalization.

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