# Fractures at Pennsyvlania Transformer Technology, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099301` · 9/28/2017 · CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Pennsyvlania Transformer Technology, Inc.
- **Location:** 30 Curry Avenue, CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15317
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing wire connections on a transformer when an electrical backflow occurred, shocking the employee. He suffered electrical burns to his hand and side. The shock also caused him to fall and fracture his shoulder and T9 vertebra.

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