# Burns and other injuries, n.e.c. at Penn State University - Behrend
> OSHA SIR `2020098795` · 9/16/2020 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lamps, light fixtures
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn State University - Behrend
- **Location:** 5240 Jordan Road, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16563
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder 6 to 7 feet high performing maintenance work on a light fixture. The employee received and electrical shock and fell from the ladder to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae, a fractured left humerus, and an electrical burn on his hand.

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