# Fractures at Burke Electrical Contractors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043733` · 4/11/2019 · GARRISON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Burke Electrical Contractors Inc.
- **Location:** 21 Winston Lane, GARRISON, NEW YORK, 10524
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down an extension ladder set up on a telephone pole. He fell about 20 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a broken shoulder.

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