# Fractures at Metropolitan Edison
> OSHA SIR `2017087706` · 8/11/2017 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metropolitan Edison
- **Location:** 2800 Pottsville Pike, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing his positioning straps to the ladder and fell about 15 feet to the ground, fracturing the left wrist.

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