# Fractures at Ireland Electric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019077112` · 7/14/2019 · HARLEM, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ireland Electric Corporation
- **Location:** 375 West Forrest St., HARLEM, GEORGIA, 30814
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing conduit in the ceiling area of a new school building utilizing a 12-foot A-frame ladder. The employee's legs got caught in the ladder rungs, causing the ladder and the employee to fall. The employee struck the floor and was hospitalized with cracked ribs and lacerations to the head.

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