# Fractures at Allegiant Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077410` · 7/22/2018 · TALLADEGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegiant Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 35800 AL-21, TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, 35160
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an extension ladder 16 feet above ground and pulling wire through a conduit when the wire broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the concrete floor. He broke his left and right heels, as well as his L3 vertebra.

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