# Fractures at Carey Electric Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021923` · 2/21/2019 · GURNEE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Carey Electric Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 325 Tri-State Parkway, GURNEE, ILLINOIS, 60031
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot stepladder when one of the spreader bars broke causing the ladder to twist and turn throwing the employee off the ladder. The employee suffered a broken right arm.

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