# Fractures at J.T. Lanehart Electric Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212457` · 12/4/2018 · RICHMOND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lamps, light fixtures
## Employer
- **Name:** J.T. Lanehart Electric Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 17607 Galloway Forest Dr., RICHMOND, TEXAS, 77407
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a 16-foot ladder wiring a light fixture; while doing so the fixture fell. The employee tried to catch it and fell off the ladder. The employee landed on the tile floor and sustained a broken arm.

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