# Fractures at Ferrell Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112236` · 11/26/2019 · MARTINEZ, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferrell Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 3544 Westlake Dr., MARTINEZ, GEORGIA, 30907
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to install electrical connections at a new residential building. The ladder slipped and the employee fell about 10 feet onto a stack of bricks. The employee suffered cracked ribs and a fractured skull.

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