# Fractures at Shure-Line Electrical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054647` · 5/14/2018 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shure-Line Electrical, Inc.
- **Location:** 3201 Miller Road, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19802
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 05/14/2018, at approximately 2:45 PM, an employee was working from a 12-foot fiberglass A-frame step ladder. The employee was using a drill to install conduit for a junction box when he fell 8-9 feet from the ladder onto the concrete floor below, fracturing his right/left wrists and lacerating his face above the left eye. He was hospitalized for surgery and stitches. Proper PPE was worn at the time.

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