# Fractures at CF McDonald Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088288` · 8/14/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** CF McDonald Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** AT&T, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77001
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder installing lighting inside an elevator shaft when the elevator became energized and the counterweights came down on him, pinning and crushing his shoulder and arm area. He suffered multiple fractures to the arm, shoulder blade, and clavicle.

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