# Fractures and dislocations at NYSEG
> OSHA SIR `20181010721` · 10/17/2018 · PRATTSBURGH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Generators
## Employer
- **Name:** NYSEG
- **Location:** 41 South Main Street, PRATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, 14873
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 24-foot ladder that was not fully extended, hooking up a new electrical connection, when he fell approximately 6 to 10 feet backwards off the ladder and landed on a generator below. He dislocated his left elbow and broke four ribs and four spinal tips. He was hospitalized.

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