# Fractures at Mid-City Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `20181011190` · 10/30/2018 · WESTERVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-City Electric Company
- **Location:** 937 Eastwind Drive, WESTERVILLE, OHIO, 43081
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing light fixtures in a drop ceiling from an 8-foot step ladder. The employee slipped off the third rung while descending the ladder and fell to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized.

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