# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at BRUCE AND MERRILEES ELECTRIC COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2018032553` · 3/14/2018 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BRUCE AND MERRILEES ELECTRIC COMPANY
- **Location:** 350 Forbes Ave, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15222
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder connecting a fire alarm conduit when the employee fell backwards off the third rung to the ground, suffering a concussion, swollen left eye, and broken ribs.

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