# Fractures at McCarthy Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099930` · 9/23/2019 · FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** McCarthy Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** Afterglow Aircraft Solutions, FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72701
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a fiberglass extension ladder strapping electrical conduit to a hanger wall when the ladder slipped on the polished floor. The employee fell to the concrete floor and fractured a femur.

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