# Fractures at State Electric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017032215` · 3/10/2017 · MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** State Electric Corporation
- **Location:** Tufts Central Utility Plant, MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02155
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending an eight-foot step ladder to install a metal strut and fell five feet off the ladder fracturing the right ankle.

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