# Fractures at MEHL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021032151` · 3/11/2021 · BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MEHL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 29 Park Avenue, BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY, 07922
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder to a roof access to look at AC units that would need to be labeled when he lost his grip and fell 15 feet down the ladder, resulting in fractures that required hospitalization.

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