# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at RICOH ELECTRONICS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019099662` · 9/16/2019 · LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RICOH ELECTRONICS, INC.
- **Location:** 1125 Hurrican Shoals Road, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30043
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a panel cover on a cable tray while working from an 8-foot stepladder when he felt the ladder shift and lost his balance. He jumped off the ladder and hit the floor, suffering two broken ribs, two cracked vertebrae, a fractured wrist, and a concussion. He also required stitches above his right eye.

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